ammodyte

English

Ammodytes tobianus

Vipera ammodytes

Etymology

From Latin ammodytes, from Ancient Greek "sand burrower, a kind of serpent".

Noun

ammodyte (plural ammodytes)

(obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
(obsolete) A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.

Further reading

Ammodytes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vipera ammodytes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ammodytes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Vipera ammodytes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
“ammodyte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

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Noun

ammodyte f (plural ammodytes)

ammodyte (all senses)

Further reading

“ammodyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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