seasnail
- noun
- /ˈsiːsneɪl/
- Specialized
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caracol marino
- She found a beautiful seasnail shell while walking along the shore.
Examples
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The diver spotted a colorful seasnail gliding slowly across the ocean floor.
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The seasnail crawled slowly along the sandy ocean floor.
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Many seasnails feed on algae growing on rocks under the sea.
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I found a beautiful seasnail on the beach yesterday.
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The diver spotted a colorful seasnail gliding slowly across the ocean floor.
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Many seasnails feed on algae growing on rocks under the sea.
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She found a beautiful seasnail shell while walking along the shore.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small slow animal with a soft body and a spiral shell found on land or in water
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5.6
A soft-bodied animal like a snail or clam that often has a shell
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9.9
A small skin blister or, in some areas, a small sea snail
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9.0
A large sea snail with a spiral shell that people sometimes eat
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7.5
A soft-bodied animal like a snail with one shell and a strong foot for moving
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9.5
A small edible sea snail with a spiral shell
A smooth round sea snail shell with a short spire
A smooth rounded sea snail shell with a small top often found on sandy beaches
A large sea snail with a thick spiral shell
A small sea snail with a thin round shell like a bubble
A tropical sea snail with long curved spines around the shell opening
A small sea snail that lives in the ocean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seasnail joins sea 'the ocean' and snail 'a small slow animal with a shell'. So it simply means a snail that lives in the sea, the kind with a coiled shell you might find on the shore.