seasnail
nounEtymology 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).
1
Alternative Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”).
2
The snailfish (family Liparidae).
- Derived terms
- common seasnail, Atlantic seasnail, common sea-snail, striped seasnail Liparis liparis), Montagu's seasnail