sandsucker (sandsuk"er)

1. The rough dab, Hippoglo oides liman do ides, also called sand- fluke and sand necker. The name is due to the erroneous idea that it feeds on nothing but sand. Day, Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, II. 10. 2. In the United States, a general popular name for soft-bodied animals which hide in the sand, sometimes exposing their suckers, tentacles, or other parts, as ascidians, holothurians, or nereids. sand-swallow (sand's wol"ō), n. Same as bank swallow.