launce

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
launce
    n 1: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow
         into sandy beaches [syn: {sand lance}, {sand launce}, {sand
         eel}, {launce}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Launce \Launce\, n.
   A lance. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Launce \Launce\, n. (Zool.)
   See {Lant}, the fish.
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