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seasnail

seas·nail

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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2.

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

Origin

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).

Phrases

  • Atlantic seasnail
  • common sea-snail
  • common seasnail
  • Montagu's seasnail
  • striped seasnail Liparis liparis)

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