"snailfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snailfishes [plural], snailfish [plural]
Etymology: snail + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snail|fish}} snail + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|snailfish}} snailfish (plural snailfishes or snailfish)
  1. Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish. Categories (lifeform): Scorpaeniform fish Synonyms: seasnail Derived forms: Mariana snailfish Translations (marine fish): 獅子魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 狮子鱼 (shīzi-yú) (Chinese Mandarin), imukala (Finnish), poisson-limace [masculine] (French), Scheibenbauch [masculine] (German), pesce lumaca [masculine] (Italian), クサウオ (kusauo) (Japanese), 꼼치 (kkomchi) (Korean), peixe-caracol [masculine] (Portuguese), липарис (liparis) [masculine] (Russian), pez baboso (Spanish)

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