seasnail

sea·snail

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [see-sneyl]
- /ˈsiˌsneɪl/
- /sˈiːsneɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see-sneyl]
- /ˈsiˌsneɪl/

Definitions of seasnail word

noun plural seasnail any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic. 1
noun plural seasnail any of several marine gastropods having a spirally coiled shell, as a whelk. 1

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Origin of seasnail

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English seesnail, Old English sǣsnǣgl. See sea, snail

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Parts of speech for Seasnail

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seasnail popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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