Definition of Ammodytidae

1. Noun. Sand lances.

Exact synonyms: Family Ammodytidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Ammodytes, Genus Ammodytes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammodytidae

Amie
Amiens
Amiidae
Amin
Amina
Amine Precursor Uptake and Decarboxylation
Amir
Amira
Amis
Amish
Amish sect
Amishness
Amman
Ammobium alatum
Ammodytes
Ammodytidae (current term)
Ammon
Ammon's fissure
Ammon's horn
Ammon's prominence
Ammonite
Ammotragus
Ammotragus lervia
Ammy
Amniota
Amo.
Amoeba buccalis
Amoeba coli
Amoeba dentalis
Amoeba dysenteriae

Literary usage of Ammodytidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Dr. Gill discusses in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1904 the relations of the family of Ammodytidae. In view of the discovery of ..."

2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"They belong to the ammodytidae and are sometimes called sand eels, but they are not true eels even though eel-like in shape and movement. ..."

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