Noun: seasnail 'see,sneyl
- Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids
"The seasnail slowly made its way across the tidal pool"
- Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
"seasnail are adapted to life in the deep sea, including the hadal zone";
- snailfish, sea snail, Liparis liparis
Derived forms: sea snails, seasnails
Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, univalve
Part of: genus Liparis, Liparis
Encyclopedia: Seasnail