Snail-shell
41snail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ aquatic, land, marine, pond, sea, water SNAIL + NOUN ▪ she …
42snail — UK [sneɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms snail : singular snail plural snails a small animal that has a soft body, no legs, and a hard shell on its back. Snails move very slowly. • at a snail s pace …
43snail — Common name for members of the class Gastropoda (phylum Mollusca). The freshwater pulmonate (nonoperculated, air breathing) snails (subclass Pulmonata, order Basommatophora) include the majority of intermediate hosts of trematodes parasitic in… …
44snail — Kamaloli, pūpū, homeka. See shell. ♦ Fresh water snail, hīhīwai, wī. ♦ Chinese snail, pūpū Pākē, pūpū lo i …
45snail — n. any slow moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. Phrases and idioms: snail s pace a very slow movement. Derivatives: snail like adj. Etymology: OE snaeligg(e)l f. Gmc …
46snail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snægl; akin to Old High German snecko snail, snahhan to creep Date: before 12th century 1. a gastropod mollusk especially when having an external enclosing spiral shell 2. a slow moving or… …
47snail — noun a slow moving mollusc with a spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. [Many species in the class Gastropoda.] Phrases snail s pace a very slow speed or rate of progress. Origin OE snæg(e)l, of Gmc origin …
48snail — noun (C) 1 a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 2 at a snail s pace extremely slowly …
49snail — [sneɪl] noun [C] a small animal that has a soft body, no legs, and a hard shell on its back • at a snail s pace very slowly[/ex] …
50snail — /sneɪl / (say snayl) noun 1. a mollusc of the class Gastropoda, having a single, usually spirally coiled shell. 2. a slow or lazy person; a sluggard. –phrase 3. at a snail s pace, very slowly. {Middle English; Old English snægl} …
