Translation for "sea snail" to spanish

Sea snail

noun

• caracola

Translation examples

caracola noun

Meaning whelks and clams and mussels and sea snails,
o sea, bígaros y almejas y mejillones y caracoles marinos.

the blue sea-snail that glitters all over like starlight;
El caracol marino de color azul, por ejemplo, que reluce como las estrellas.

There were yellowish limpets and coloured sea-snails drying and drawn in against the rock.
Había lapas amarillentas y caracoles marinos de color secándose contra la roca.

I motioned him over to another net that had already been sorted and held sea snails.
Lo hice aproximarse a otra nasa que ya habíamos revisado y contenía caracolas.

It’s a, it says, ‘a synthetic analog of the venom of the conus sea snail for proposed in-vitro applications.”
Es, dice aquí, «un equivalente sintético del veneno del caracol marino conus para determinadas aplicaciones in vitro».

Though there were thousands of the sea snails clinging among the rocks, each gave only a minute quantity of that substance.
Aunque hay miles de caracoles marinos adheridos a las rocas, de cada uno de ellos se extrae una cantidad diminuta de segregación.

This colouration is derived from the juices of a rare sea snail, and possesses powers of protection from hazardous seas and even more dangerous corsairs.
Esta coloración proviene de los jugos de un raro caracol de mar, y posee poderes de protección ante mares peligrosos e incluso ante más peligrosos corsarios.

All sorts of strange animals lurk among the coral, brightly coloured fish, sea snails, bêches de mer, urchins and wriggling things faintly pink.
Por entre el coral corren toda clase de extraños animales, pececitos brillantemente coloreados, caracoles de mar, bêches de mer, erizos y unos coleantes animales rosados.

Still, it was hard for Mother—or any woman—to make a meal hearty enough for a large family from sea urchin roe, turban shell, sea snails, and abalone alone.
Sin embargo, era difícil para Madre, y para cualquier mujer, preparar una comida nutritiva para una gran familia a base de huevas de erizo, turbantes cornudos, caracolas y abulones.