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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNAILFISH

SNAILFISH Snail "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Sea snail (a ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

snailfish

snail fish |ˈsnālˌfiSH ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or snailfishes ) a small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose jellylike skin and typically a ventral sucker. Also called sea snail. [Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic. ]

Oxford Dictionary

snailfish

snail |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or snailfishes ) a small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose jelly-like skin and typically a ventral sucker. Also called sea snail. ●Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic.