any small spiny-finned fish of the family Liparidae, esp Liparis liparis, of cold seas, having a soft scaleless tadpole-shaped body with the pelvic fins fused into a sucker
Also called: snailfish
Examples of 'sea snail' in a sentence
sea snail
A bathysciadiid limpet, a type of sea snail, was found at 1,400 metres.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A type of sea snail with attractive, conical shells.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Scientists also found two abalone shells (a kind of sea snail) that had been used as mixing and storage pots for the ochre paint.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In ancient times purple dye could only be extracted in minute quantities from a type of sea snail called the murex.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
These are old clams, oysters, mussels, sea snails, that have integrated into the land.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Sea snails straying into the zone have thin, weak shells, and produce no young.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One of the sea snails he found had even evolved a metal shell.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Protects itself by squeezing its soft body into an empty shell, usually those abandoned by sea snails.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We also got to see one of the large sea snails close-up as our guide on an eco kayak tour plucked one from the water.
The Sun (2012)
They walk sedately on the shore or in the water, picking up sea snails and small crabs, but are very quick to take alarm.