Snailfish

Liparis lineata. A fish of the genus Liparis; so called from their soft unctuous feel, and their habit of adhering to rocks by means of a ventral sucker.

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Keywords

fish, snail, Rock, sucker, rocks, ventral, Liparis lineata, snailfish, ventral sucker

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Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5724

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