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Noun: seasnail  'see,sneyl
  1. 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"
     
  2. 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