† smouldn.
Obsolete. rare.
The sand-eel or launce.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel)
sand-eel1307
sandlingc1440
smould1605
lant1620
launce1623
ammodyte1698
sand-launce1776
gibbin1798
wriggle1816
1605 Act 3 Jas. I c. 12 Every person which..shall fish with any Draw-net or Drag-net..except for the Taking of Smoulds in Norfolk only.
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