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noun
Any saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: snailfish, seasnail, Liparis liparis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
History
From Middle English *se-snail, from Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), equivalent to sea + snail. Cognate with Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”).
Across languages
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