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snailfish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seasnail, sea snail, Liparis liparis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

History

Etymology

From snail + fish.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 獅子魚 /狮子鱼 (shīzi-yú) — marine fish
  • Finnish: imukala — marine fish
  • French: poisson-limace — marine fish
  • German: Scheibenbauch — marine fish
  • Italian: pesce lumaca — marine fish
  • Japanese: クサウオ (kusauo) — marine fish
  • Korean: 꼼치 (kkomchi) — marine fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-caracol — marine fish
  • Russian: липарис (liparis) — marine fish
  • Spanish: pez baboso — marine fish