snailfish

English

Etymology

From snail +‎ fish.

Noun

snailfish (plural snailfishes or snailfish)

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

Synonyms

• seasnail

Derived terms

• Mariana snailfish

Translations

marine fish

Chinese: Mandarin: 獅子魚 / 狮子鱼 (shīzi-yú) Finnish: imukala French: poisson-limace m German: Scheibenbauch m Italian: pesce lumaca m Japanese: クサウオ (kusauo) Korean: 꼼치 (kkomchi) Portuguese: peixe-caracol m Russian: липарис (ru) m (liparis) Spanish: pez baboso