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noun
Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
The snailfish (family Liparidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gastropod, univalve
Narrower terms: neritid, neritid gastropod, whelk, triton, moon shell, moonshell, periwinkle, winkle, limpet
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, sea snail, Liparis liparis
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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”). The fish name likely a clipping of seasnail(fish).
