Launce

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zool.)
     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 in the sand, and
     are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also


     {launce}, and {sand eel}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Launce \Launce\, n.
     A lance. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Launce \Launce\, n. [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of
     a balance. Cf. {Balance}.]
     A balance. [Obs.]
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           Fortune all in equal launce doth sway.   --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Launce \Launce\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Lant}, the fish.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  launce
       n : very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into
           sandy beaches [syn: {sand lance}, {sand launce}, {sand
           eel}]