Ammodytes
noun
Am·mo·dy·tes
ˌamədītēz
: a genus (the type of the family Ammodytidae) of percomorph fishes containing the typical sand launces
ammodytoid adjective
¦amə¦dīˌtȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek ammodytēs, a snake, literally, sand burrower, from amm- + dytēs diver, from dyein to enter, get into, sink
First Known Use
circa 1773, in the meaning defined above