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Definition of Garden snail

1. Noun. Any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Snail

Literary usage of Garden snail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"References—Wild Life, Ingersoll; The Natural History of Some Common Animals, Latter. LESSON CVI THE garden snail ..."

2. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1825)
"On the Horn of Plenty, a Variety of the Common garden snail. A most beautiful specimen of the monstrosity of the common garden snail (Helix aspersa) called ..."

3. The Oyster, Clam, and Other Common Mollusks by Alpheus Hyatt (1880)
"... shaded places, and in the woods; but the best specimens are the edible snails, imported to New York from France, and our common garden snail. ..."

4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"References—Wild Life, Ingersoll; The Natural History of Some Common Animals, Latter. LESSON CVI THE garden snail ..."

5. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1825)
"On the Horn of Plenty, a Variety of the Common garden snail. A most beautiful specimen of the monstrosity of the common garden snail (Helix aspersa) called ..."

6. The Oyster, Clam, and Other Common Mollusks by Alpheus Hyatt (1880)
"... shaded places, and in the woods; but the best specimens are the edible snails, imported to New York from France, and our common garden snail. ..."

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