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launce

UK/lɑːns/ US/lɔːns/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

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Origin

From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.

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