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seasnail

American  
[see-sneyl] / ˈsiˌsneɪl /

noun

PLURAL

seasnail

PLURAL

seasnails

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

  2. any of several marine gastropods having a spirally coiled shell, as a whelk.

Etymology

Origin of seasnail

before 1000; Middle English seesnail, Old English sǣsnǣgl. See sea, snail

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