sea snail Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
seasnail; snailfish; Liparis liparis.
WordNet
Sea" snail`
Definitions
(Zoöl.) (a) A small fish of the genus Liparis , having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.(b) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.
