sea snail

noun

small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

• Syn: ↑snailfish, ↑seasnail, ↑Liparis liparis

• Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenoid, ↑scorpaenoid fish

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liparis, ↑genus Liparis

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noun

1. : a creeping marine gastropod mollusk with a spiral shell (as a whelk, triton, or moonshell)

2. : any of numerous small tadpole-shaped mail-cheeked fishes (family Liparididae) found in cold seas, covered with very lax skin, and usually having the pelvic fins modified to form a sucker

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sea snail noun

1. Any snail-like marine gastropod

2. An unctuous fish (genus Liparis) related to the lumpsucker

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Main Entry: ↑sea

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sea snail,

a marine gastropod with a spiral shell resembling a helix, such as the periwinkle.

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n.

1) a marine mollusk, esp. one with a spiral shell. ● Subclass Prosobranchia, class Gastropoda

2) another term for snailfish