sea snail

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sea snail

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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 snails · sea-snail · seasnail

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

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Français	bigorneau
Deutsch	Meeresschnecke

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@misc{sea_snail_2026,
  title = {sea snail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea%20snail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}