Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun launce
1 sense of launce
Sense 1
sand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launce -- (very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches)
=> spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)