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SEASNAIL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("seasnail" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seasnail"):

neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)

whelk (large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell)

triton (tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells)

moon shell; moonshell (marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires)

periwinkle; winkle (edible marine gastropod)

limpet (any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

Synonyms:

Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("seasnail" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("seasnail" is a member of...):

genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)

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