"sea snail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea snails [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*se-snail}} Middle English *se-snail, {{inh|en|ang|sǣsnæġl|t=seasnail}} Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), {{com|en|sea|snail}} sea + snail, {{cog|da|søsnegl|t=seasnail}} Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), {{cog|no|sjøsnegl|t=seasnail}} Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), {{cog|is|sjósnigill|t=seasnail}} Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sea snail (plural sea snails)
  1. Any saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug). Wikipedia link: sea snail Categories (lifeform): Gastropods Synonyms: sea-snail, seasnail Translations (Translations): モコリㇼ (mokorir) (Ainu), νηρίτης (nērítēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), caragol de mar [masculine] (Catalan), merietana (Finnish), bigorneau [masculine] (French), buguina [feminine] (Galician), carlou [masculine] (Galician), caramecha [feminine] (Galician), Meeresschnecke [feminine] (German), vesimaonkotain (Ingrian), nārīta [feminine] (Latin), sconciglio [masculine] (Neapolitan), sǣsnæġl [masculine] (Old English)

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Alternative forms

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