"seasnail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seasnails [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”). The fish name likely a clipping of seasnail(fish). 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”), {{clipping|en|snailfish|alt=seasnail(fish)|nocap=1}} clipping of seasnail(fish) Head templates: {{en-noun}} seasnail (plural seasnails)
  1. Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sea snail (extra: shelled marine gastropod mollusk) Categories (lifeform): Scorpaeniform fish
    Sense id: en-seasnail-en-noun-3GIxy3Bm Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. The snailfish (family Liparidae).
    Sense id: en-seasnail-en-noun-62q7iRH8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: common seasnail (taxonomic: Liparis liparis), Atlantic seasnail (taxonomic: Liparis atlanticus), common sea-snail (taxonomic: Liparis barbatus), striped seasnail Liparis liparis), Montagu's seasnail (taxonomic: Liparis montagui)

Inflected forms

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