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Answer for the clue "Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches ", 6 letters:
launce

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: sand lance , sand launce , sand eel ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. Lance .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes . The common European species ( Ammedytes tobianus ) and the American species ( Ammedytes Americanus ) live on sandy shores, buried ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) A lance. Etymology 2 n. (context obsolete English) A balance. Etymology 3 n. (context zoology English) greater sand eel, (taxlink Hyperoplus lanceolatus species noshow=1)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Launce can refer to: A character in Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona A type of fish, also known as a Sand lance