seasnail

Definitions of seasnail

1. noun

   small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
   synonyms: Liparis liparis, sea snail, snailfish

   type of:

   scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

   fishes having the head armored with bony plates
2. noun

   any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
   types:

   neritid, neritid gastropod

   operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell

   whelk

   large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell

   triton

   tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells

   moon shell, moonshell

   marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires

   periwinkle, winkle

   edible marine gastropod

   nerita

   a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum

   Nerita peloronta, bleeding tooth

   gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area

   neritina

   ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters

   Patella vulgata, common limpet

   marine limpet

   Diodora apertura, Fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet

   marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex

   type of:

   gastropod, univalve

   a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes