sea snail

See also: seasnail

English

Alternative forms

• sea-snail, seasnail

Etymology

From Middle English *se-snail, from Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), equivalent to sea +‎ snail. Cognate with Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”).

Noun

sea snail (plural sea snails)

1. Any saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug).

Translations

Translations

• Ainu: モコリㇼ (mokorir)
• Catalan: caragol de mar m
• Finnish: merietana
• French: bigorneau (fr) m
• Galician: buguina (gl) f, carlou (gl) m, caramecha (gl) f
• German: Meeresschnecke f
• Greek:

  Ancient: νηρίτης m (nērítēs)

• Ingrian: vesimaonkotain
• Latin: nārīta f
• Neapolitan: sconciglio m
• Old English: sǣsnæġl m

Anagrams

• Asselian, Salesian, nasalise, snailase