seasnail

See also: sea snail

English

Etymology

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).

Noun

seasnail (plural seasnails)

1. Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”)
2. The snailfish (family Liparidae).

Derived terms

• common seasnail (Liparis liparis)
• Atlantic seasnail (Liparis atlanticus)
• common sea-snail (Liparis barbatus)
• striped seasnail Liparis liparis)
• Montagu's seasnail (Liparis montagui)

References

• seasnail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Asselian, Salesian, nasalise, snailase