SEA SNAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea snail mean? 

• SEA SNAIL (noun)
  The noun SEA SNAIL has 1 sense:

1. small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

  Familiarity information: SEA SNAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA SNAIL (noun)

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Meaning:

Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish

Hypernyms ("sea snail" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("sea snail" is a member of...):

genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)