Snailfish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snailfish \Snail"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Sea snail}
     (a) .
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  snailfish
       n : small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins
           forming a sucker; related to lumpfish [syn: {seasnail}, {sea
           snail}, {Liparis liparis}]
       [also: {snailfishes} (pl)]