ˌamədīd.ēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ammodytēs, a snake, literally, sand burrower, from amm- + dytēs diver, from dyein to enter, get into, sink
: a genus (the type of the family Ammodytidae) of percomorph fishes containing the typical sand launces
• am·mo·dy·toid |amə|dīˌtȯid adjective