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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.

Nearby words

  1. snail fever,
  2. snail kite,
  3. snail mail,
  4. snail's pace,
  5. snail-paced,
  6. snailflower,
  7. snake,
  8. snake charmer,
  9. snake dance,
  10. snake doctor

Origin of snailfish

First recorded in 1830–40; snail + fish
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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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