sand eel in English

noun
1
a small elongated marine fish that lives in shallow waters of the northern hemisphere, often found burrowing in the sand.
As the sand eel fleet fishes entirely for industrial purposes, none of the fish will be consumed by humans and thousands of tonnes of white fish is being reduced to fish-meal on a daily basis, adding to the ongoing cod crisis in the North Sea.
noun
    sand lancelaunce

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1. Each surfaces from its dive with what looks like a sand eel.