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    SNAILFISH

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    Irregular inflected form: snailfishes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfishplay

    Synonyms:

    Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("snailfish" is a kind of...):

    scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

    Holonyms ("snailfish" is a member of...):

    genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)

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