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# snailfish

noun (a snailfish, snailfish or snailfishes)

«snailfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#m1)
2. Some snailfish live deeper in the ocean than almost any other fish, in deep trenches thousands of metres down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on the deep sea it shows how animals adapt to huge pressure, cold and darkness: a snailfish was filmed in a deep ocean trench at over 8,000 metres, one of the deepest fish ever seen. Phrases: «deep-sea snailfish», «hadal snailfish».

### Examples

- A snailfish has soft, jelly-like skin and no scales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x1)
- Scientists filmed a snailfish more than 8,000 metres down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x2)
- Snailfish can live under huge water pressure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x3)
- The snailfish looked like a pale, wiggly tadpole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x4)
- Some snailfish live in cold shallow seas, others in deep trenches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x5)
- No fish has been found much deeper than the deepest snailfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural usually «snailfish» (like «fish»), sometimes «snailfishes» for kinds. It is a fish, not a snail; the name is about its soft body.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «snailfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snailfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snailfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snailfish.html) on Mova free.