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seasnail

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[see-sneyl] / ˈsiˌsneɪl /

noun

any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
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

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