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seasnail

[ see-sneyl ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) sea·snail, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sea·snails.
  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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of seasnail1

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

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