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sea snail
noun
Also called: snailfish.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
Example Sentences
The molecule came from the Conus magus, a sea snail found in the deep sea.
Red abalone are large, edible sea snails that are considered a delicacy.
Acidic water also weakens the shells of organisms like sea snails and sea urchins.
Police said a witness told them a man caught the conches and then cooked and ate the sea snails at his campsite.
Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change.
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