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Meaning of SEA SNAIL

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
 
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 Synonyms: Liparis liparis, seasnail, snailfish
 
 See Also: genus Liparis, Liparis, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sea" snail`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
 
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