Ăm'mo-dȳte, n.

n. [Lat. ammodytes, Gr. ἀμμοδύτης, sand-burrower, a kind of serpent, from ἄμμος, sand, and δύτης, diver; δύειν, to dive.] (Nat. Hist.) (a.) One of a genus of apodal fishes; the sand-eel. (b.) A kind of viper. (c.) Any plant that grows in the sand. Dana.