sea snail n 1: small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish [syn: {snailfish}, {seasnail}, {sea snail}, {Liparis liparis}]
Sea snail \Sea" snail`\ (Zool.) (a) A small fish of the genus {Liparis}, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds. (b) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of {Littorina}, {Natica}, etc. [1913 Webster]