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語源

From rock +‎ snail.

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名詞

rocksnail (plural rocksnails)

1. Any of various snails that live in rocky environments.
   • 2005, Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute:

     After rocksnails, stone crabs (Menipe spp.), black drums (Pogonias cromis), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and mud crabs (family Xanthidae) are the most destructive.

   • 2007, Blair Witherington, Florida's Seashells: A Beachcomber's Guide, page 33:

     Drills and rocksnails are in the murex family, Muricidae.

2. Any of various snails of the genus Leptoxis.

派生語

アナグラム

• Rascolnik