snailfish

[ sneyl-fish ]
/ ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) snail·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snail·fish·es.

any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.

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Origin of snailfish

First recorded in 1830–40; snail + fish

Words nearby snailfish

snail fever, snail kite, snail mail, snail's pace, snail-paced, snailfish, snailflower, snake, snake charmer, snake dance, snake doctor
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British Dictionary definitions for snailfish

snailfish
/ (ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

another name for sea snail
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