SNAILFISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: snailfishes

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:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("snailfish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("snailfish" is a member of...):

genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)