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Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker
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snailfish
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Wiktionary
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n. Any member of the (taxlink Liparidae species noshow=1), a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.
Wikipedia
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The Liparidae , commonly known as snailfish or sea snails , are a family of scorpaeniform marine fishes . Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans including the northern Pacific , the snailfish family contains about 30 genera and 410 species. ...
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Snailfish \Snail"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Sea snail (a) .
WordNet
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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)]
Usage examples of snailfish.
The Lassaferan snailfish, with its elongated purple fin, looked as improbable as its name.