Am"mo*dyte (#), n. [L. ammodytes, Gr. sand burrower, a kind of serpent; sand + diver, to dive.] Zool. (a)

One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.

(b)

A kind of viper in southern Europe.

[Obs.]

 

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