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