rocksnail

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noun

Any of various snails that live in rocky environments.

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Meanings

nounrocksnail (plural rocksnails)

plural rocksnails

  1. Any of various snails that live in rocky environments.

    Drills and rocksnails are in the murex family, Muricidae.

    2007, Blair Witherington, Florida's Seashells: A Beachcomber's Guide, page 33
    1 more example

    After rocksnails, stone crabs (Menipe spp.), black drums (Pogonias cromis), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and mud crabs (family Xanthidae) are the most destructive.

    2005, Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
  2. Any of various snails of the genus Leptoxis.

Origin

From rock + snail.

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APA

rocksnail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocksnail

MLA

“rocksnail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocksnail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rocksnail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocksnail.

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