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belted sandfish

belted sandfish

9.9
A small sea fish with a dark band around its middle that lives in warm shallow waters
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : pez arena con banda
  • The belted sandfish is often seen darting around coral reefs in the Bahamas.

Examples

  • Researchers observed a belted sandfish feeding near the sandy ocean floor.

  • Local fishermen sometimes catch belted sandfish along the Florida coast.

  • The belted sandfish is often found in coral reefs.

  • Many divers enjoy observing the belted sandfish in their natural habitat.

  • Local fishermen sometimes catch belted sandfish along the Florida coast.

  • Researchers observed a belted sandfish feeding near the sandy ocean floor.

  • Many divers enjoy observing the belted sandfish in their natural habitat.

Synonyms

sandfish
vsbelted sandfish
8.2

A small fish that lives in sandy areas and burrows into the sand

is identified by a dark band around the midsection rather than burrowing

Surface Forms

belted sandfish singular
belted sandfishes plural

Morphology

belted + sandfish

The meaning — a sandfish marked by a dark, belt-like band — is directly derivable from combining 'belted' (having a belt or band) with 'sandfish' (a fish associated with sand). While 'belted' can be a clothing term, in descriptive contexts it straightforwardly means 'marked by a band', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents and the context should understand the compound.

Etymology

The name belted sandfish comes from a simple picture: belted refers to the dark band like a belt around the fish's middle, and sandfish shows it lives on sandy sea floors. So the name means 'a small sea fish with a dark band around its middle that lives on sand'.