sea snail

British  

noun

1. Also called: snailfish.  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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Example Sentences

She demonstrated an affinity for nature from a young age, filling her bedroom with worms and sea snails that she rushed back to their natural homes after her mother told her they would otherwise die.

From Los Angeles Times

Ben Cooper has been a fisherman in Whitstable on the north Kent coast since 1997, and relies heavily on the common whelk, a type of sea snail.

From BBC

She got down on her hands and knees and was astonished to realize she had stumbled upon a rare species of sea snail, Janthina janthina .

From Los Angeles Times

The molecule came from the Conus magus, a sea snail found in the deep sea.

From Salon

Red abalone are large, edible sea snails that are considered a delicacy.

From Los Angeles Times