seasnail meaning

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seasnail (noun): small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish.

seasnail has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

seasnail as a noun

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

    Synonyms: snailfish, sea snail, Liparis liparis

    Type of: scorpaenoid

  2. any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids

    Type of: gastropod

    Kinds: neritid, whelk, triton, moon shell, periwinkle, limpet

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in IL · 8-letter words

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