snailfish

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noun

Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.

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seasnailsea snailLiparis liparis
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Meanings

nounsnailfish (plural snailfishes or snailfish)

plural snailfishes

  1. Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.

    Synonyms: seasnail

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.

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seasnail

More synonyms by meaning

nounsmall tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

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seasnailsea snailLiparis liparis
Broader
scorpaenoidscorpaenoid fish
Also see
sea snailseasnail

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From snail + fish.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 獅子魚 /狮子鱼
  • 獅子魚 /狮子鱼 (shīzi-yú)marine fish
Finnish imukala
  • imukalamarine fish
French poisson-limace
  • poisson-limacemarine fish
German Scheibenbauch
  • Scheibenbauchmarine fish
Italian pesce lumaca
  • pesce lumacamarine fish
Japanese クサウオ
  • クサウオ (kusauo)marine fish
Korean 꼼치
  • 꼼치 (kkomchi)marine fish
Portuguese peixe-caracol
  • peixe-caracolmarine fish
Russian липарис
  • липарис (liparis)marine fish
Spanish pez baboso
  • pez babosomarine fish
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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