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sea snail
noun
- any small spiny-finned fish of the family Liparidae, esp Liparis liparis, of cold seas, having a soft scaleless tadpole-shaped body with the pelvic fins fused into a sucker Also calledsnailfish
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Red abalone are large, edible sea snails that are considered a delicacy.
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Acidic water also weakens the shells of organisms like sea snails and sea urchins.
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Police said a witness told them a man caught the conches and then cooked and ate the sea snails at his campsite.
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Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change.
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The netting had proved effective at deterring the sea bream as well as predatory sea snails.
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