English Explanatory Dictionary

sea snail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug).

Word forms

sea snail sea snails sea-snail seasnail

Etymology

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”).

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