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SEA SNAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Synonyms:
Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea snail" is a kind of...):
scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)
Holonyms ("sea snail" is a member of...):
genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)