资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes
   of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A.
   tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on
   sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large
   quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}.