Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ammodyte \Am"mo*dyte\, n. [L. ammodytes, Gr. ? sand burrower, a
   kind of serpent; 'a`mmos sand + ? diver, ? to dive.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
   (b) A kind of viper in southern Europe. [Obs.]