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sandfish

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  1. Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
  2. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds: in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
  3. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds: of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
  4. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds: of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
  5. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds: of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
  6. Other animals that notably burrow in sand: sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
  7. Other animals that notably burrow in sand: a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.

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