English Explanatory Dictionary

seasnail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

seasnail seasnails

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

Derived words

common seasnail Atlantic seasnail common sea-snail striped seasnail Liparis liparis) Montagu's seasnail
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