seasnail

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sē′snāl′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sea•snail  (sē′snāl′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -snail,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -snails. 
  1. Fishany of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
  2. Fish, Invertebratesany of several marine gastropods having a spirally coiled shell, as a whelk.
  • Middle English seesnail, Old English sǣsnǣgl. See sea, snail bef. 1000

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sea snail
  1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Liparidae, esp Liparis liparis, of cold seas, having a soft scaleless tadpole-shaped body with the pelvic fins fused into a sucker

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