snailfish

snailfish

(ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) another name for sea snail

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snailfish - small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfishLiparis liparis, sea snail, seasnailscorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony platesgenus Liparis, Liparis - type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes