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launce |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 ({A. tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Launce \Launce\, n. A lance. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Launce \Launce\, n. [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf {Balance}.] A balance. [Obs.] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Launce \Launce\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Lant}, the fish. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: launce n : very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: {sand lance}, {sand launce}, {sand eel}]
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