seasnail

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See also: sea snail

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English *se-snail, from Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), equivalent to sea +‎ snail. Cognate with Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”).

The fish name likely a clipping of seasnail(fish).

Noun[edit]

seasnail (plural seasnails)

  1. Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”)
  2. The snailfish (family Liparidae).

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