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snail
(snāl)n.
1. Any of numerous aquatic or terrestrial gastropod mollusks that typically have a spirally coiled shell, retractile foot, and distinct head.
2. A slow-moving, lazy, or sluggish person.
[Middle English, from Old English snægl.]
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snail
(sneɪl)n
1. (Animals) any of numerous terrestrial or freshwater gastropod molluscs with a spirally coiled shell, esp any of the family Helicidae, such as Helix aspersa (garden snail)
2. (Animals) any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk
3. a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
[Old English snægl; related to Old Norse snigill, Old High German snecko]
ˈsnail-ˌlike adj
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snail
(sneɪl)n.
1. any slow-moving gastropod mollusk, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot.
2. a slow or lazy person.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English snegel, c. Old Saxon, Old High German snegel, Old Norse snigill]
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Snail
Military, a D-shaped formation, 1579.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes scorpion shell - any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails garden snail - any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests |
2. | snail - edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | |
Verb | 1. | snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" whelk - gather whelk gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
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snail
Snails, slugs and other gastropods
abalone or ear shell, conch, cowrie or cowry, limpet, murex, nudibranch or sea slug, ormer or sea-ear, periwinkle or winkle, ramshorn snail, Roman snail, sea hare, slug, snail, top-shell, triton, wentletrap, whelkCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
حَلَزونحَلَزُون
охлюв
caragol
hlemýžďšnek
snegl
heliko
tigu
etanakuorellinen etana
स्थलीय घोंघा
puž
csigacsiga2
bekicotkeongsiput
snigill
カタツムリ
달팽이
cochlea
sraigėvėžlio žingsniu
gliemezis
melc
slimák
polž
пуж
snäckasnigel
หอยทาก
salyangozsümüklüböcek
con ốc sênốc
snail
[sneɪl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
snail
[ˈsneɪl] n → escargot ma snail's pace → une extrême lenteur
at a snail's pace → avec une extrême lenteursnail mail n
to send sth by snail mail → envoyer qch par la poste
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snail
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snail
(sneil) noun a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell. Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.
at a snail's pace very slowly. The old man walked along at a snail's pace.
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snail
→ حَلَزُون hlemýžď snegl Schnecke σαλιγκάρι caracol kuorellinen etana escargot puž lumaca カタツムリ 달팽이 slak snegle ślimak caracol улитка snigel หอยทาก salyangoz con ốc sên 蜗牛Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
snail
n caracol mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.