seasnail
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See also: sea snail
English
Etymology
From Middle English *se-snail, from Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), equivalent to sea + snail. Cognate with Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”).
The fish name likely a clipping of seasnail(fish).
Noun
seasnail (plural seasnails)
- Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”)
- The snailfish (family Liparidae).
Derived terms
- common seasnail (Liparis liparis)
- Atlantic seasnail (Liparis atlanticus)
- common sea-snail (Liparis barbatus)
- striped seasnail Liparis liparis)
- Montagu's seasnail (Liparis montagui)
