seasnail
Americannoun
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seasnail,
plural
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seasnails
plural
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any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
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any of several marine gastropods having a spirally coiled shell, as a whelk.
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Etymology
Origin of seasnail
before 1000; Middle English seesnail, Old English sǣsnǣgl. See sea, snail
Example Sentences
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Shoreward, where rocky outcrops lay, seasnails moved slowly, devouring the algae on their way.
From The Tarn of Eternity by Tymon, Frank
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