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PRONUNCIATION OF SAND EEL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAND EEL

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Sand eel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAND EEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sand eel

Sand eel or sandeel is the common name used for a considerable number of species of fish. Most of them are sea fish of the genera Hyperoplus, Gymnammodytes or Ammodytes. Many species are found off the western coasts of Europe from Spain to Scotland, and in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. The three genera listed above all fall within the family Ammodytidae, the sand lances. Members of these genera found in other oceans are not usually called sand eels, and species from other parts of the world are known as sand eels are usually less closely related. None of the sand eels is related to the true eels. Sand eels are an important food source for seabirds, including puffins and kittiwakes.

Definition of sand eel in the English dictionary

The definition of sand eel in the dictionary is any silvery eel-like marine spiny-finned fish of the family Ammodytidae found burrowing in sand or shingle Popular name: launce.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAND EEL

sand bar
sand blind
sand castle
sand colic
sand crab
sand crack
sand dab
sand desert
sand dollar
sand dune
sand flea
sand goby
sand hopper
sand lance
sand launce
sand leek
sand lizard
sand martin
sand painting
sand shrimp

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAND EEL

at the wheel
congo eel
electric eel
feel
greater sand eel
gulper eel
heel
keel
lamper eel
moray eel
peel
reel
sea eel
stainless steel
steel
steering wheel
the wheel
toe and heel
vinegar eel
wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of sand eel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sand eel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAND EEL

Find out the translation of sand eel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sand eel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sand eel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙鳗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lanzón
570 millions of speakers

English

sand eel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेत मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثعبان البحر الرمال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

песчанка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

galeota
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালি ইয়েল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lançon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belut pasir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sandaale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イカナゴ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

까나리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wedhi pasir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lươn cát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் ஈல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळू एयएल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kum yılan balığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anguilla della sabbia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

węgorz piasku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

песчанка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροαμμόχελου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zandaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tobis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tobis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sand eel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND EEL»

The term «sand eel» is normally little used and occupies the 133.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND EEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sand eel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sand eel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sand eel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAND EEL»

Discover the use of sand eel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sand eel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Rifleman - sea slug
Buried eggs The female sand eel, which is slightly larger than the male, lays 10,000 to 30,000 eggs. She bores her way down through the sand, laying her irregularly oval eggs as she goes. The eggs have a sticky surface and become coated ...
‎2002
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Innovative Saltwater Flies
I have had a difficult time deciding which of my favorite flies to include and have settled on four — four versions of a sand eel imitation that I enjoy fishing in my home waters. On the Northeast coast, the sand eel (more accurately, sand ...
Bob Veverka, 1998
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Pop Fleyes: Bob Popovics's Approach to Saltwater Fly Design
A sand eel wiggling out of the sand Surf Candies tied to imitate sand eels. A natural and its imitation. Ed Jaworowski caught this big bass on a large sand eel imitation at Cape Cod about those naturals. Logic dictates that you don't throw tiny ...
Ed Jaworowski, Bob Popovics, 2000
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Fisheries Management in Japan: Its institutional features ...
Sand eel larvae hatch at the mouth of Ise Bay in December and January. Only 3– 4 mm in length, they are swept into the head of the bay by currents. Around May, when the bottom water temperature rises above 17–20°C, the sand eels return ...
Mitsutaku Makino, 2011
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Field & Stream
The North Atlantic's sand eel population has been burgeoning at an unprecedented rate in recent years and virtually no one associated with the sea has been unaffected. Biologists, for example, view the explosion with hope that it may be no ...
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Ocean Food Chains
sun an A key ocean predator, the sand eel, is disappearing from the North Atlantic Ocean. The sand eel is a small, eel-like fish. It an important part ofthefood chain in the waters ofthe North Sea. Sand eels are dying out because of overfishing ...
Heidi Moore, 2012
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Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications
Recently this trigger point was reached in some kittiwake populations, and one area of the North Sea, the Ford of Firth, was closed to sand eel fishing (Hall and Mainprize 2004), and is likely to remain so indefinitely (Frederiksen et al. 2004).
Fred Dyke, Fred Van Dyke, 2008
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Flyfisher's Guide to the New England Coast
Good patterns are Abrames' Ray's Fly Flatwing in brown, Mikkleson's Epoxy Baitfish, Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer, Windram's Sparkling Bucktail, Gartsides Marabou Fishhead Sand Eel, Mikkleson's Lavender Sand Eel, Veverka's Marabou ...
Tom Keer, 2010
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The Devil's Diary
It contained an entry for the previous day which he read with difficulty because it had been written in a hurry: October 10th Yesterday I came across an old sand- eel hook at Burke's that put me in mind of the sand-eel strand of my youth.
Patrick McGinley, 2012
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Climate Change and the Economics of the World's Fisheries: ...
During the late 1950s, especially after the collapse of the winter herring fishery, new fisheries continued to evolve, for example the sand eel fishery, which was started by Danish fishers. The oil and fishmeal industry was searching for substitute ...
R. Hannesson, Rögnvaldur Hannesson, Manuel Barange, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAND EEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sand eel is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Other Hamptons
... any shadows on the sandy bottom that would indicate the presence of a striped bass cruising the flat in search of food—perhaps a sand eel, a shrimp or a crab ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
2
Zone Fishing Reports for June 5
The fish were feeding on sand eels and jigs with teasers were working. Capt. Chris Hueth on the Big Mohawk waited the weather out for most of the week, but ... «Asbury Park Press, Jun 15»
3
This bait produces 'noticeably harder' speckled trout bites
"I think it replicates a sand eel. The speckled trout just love it. They hit it hard. It's a noticeably harder bite. It almost compares to when you're fishing a live croaker ... «NOLA.com, May 15»
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Library to talk sand eels
Sand eels are everywhere. But for how long? Naturalist Jon Brink will lead a talk on the small, skinny fish at Sturgis library in Barnstable at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. «Barnstable Patriot, Mar 15»
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Hey anglers! Ride out rough weather
"A lot of fishermen are hoping for a sand eel run to fire up the bass,'' Wetzel said. "If that happens, diamond jigs and tins should work well. Right now, I'm tossing ... «Newsday, Nov 14»
6
Salmon stocks at risk as sand eels are overfished
Fisheries are concerned about the future of salmon stocks as over-fishing of the sand eels they eat is causing fish to return to rivers smaller and thinner, making it ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Saltwater fishing report
For those throwing a fly, match the natural bait (sand eel, crab patterns). Depending on to whom you speak, mackerel catching has been either good or bad. «Press Herald, Jul 14»
8
Whale watchers in humpback bliss
The oily fish, also called sand eels, are a favorite food source of humpback whales, ... Sand lance were mysteriously absent last year from the Stellwagen Bank ... «Boston Globe, May 14»
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5 Tips For Finding And Catching Cape Cod Stripers In Skinny Water
The predominant bait fish in most skinny water areas is the abundant sand eel. These slender minnows bury themselves in the sand as individuals, and also ... «Milford Daily News, May 14»
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Estuary Dining - It's the Time for Sand Lance
Sand Lance or Sand Eels are small, eel-like fish with a forked tail and a sharply pointed snout used for burrowing. They have bright silvery sides with dorsal ... «Capital city weekly, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sand eel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sand-eel>. May 2024 ».
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