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Definition of Snail

1. Verb. Gather snails. "In the summer they like to go out and snail"; "We went snailing in the summer"

2. Noun. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.

3. Noun. Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.

Definition of Snail

1. n. Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.

Definition of Snail

1. Noun. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class ''Gastropoda'', having a coiled shell. ¹

2. Noun. A slow person; a sluggard. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snail

1. to move slowly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Snail

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land sanil. Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. "They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . That needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . As the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails." (Vegetius (Trans)) 5. The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See Ear, Edible, etc. Snail borer, a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. Snail clover See Snail clover, above. Origin: OE. Snaile, AS. Sngel, snegel, sngl; akin to G. Schnecke, OHG. Snecko, Dan. Snegl, Icel. Snigill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snail

snaggers snaggier snaggiest snagging snaggle snaggle-toothed snaggles snaggleteeth snaggletooth snaggletoothed

snaggletooths snaggling snaggy snaglike snags snail (current term) snail's pace snail-flower snail bean snail darter

snail fever snail flower snail mail snailase snailed snaileries snailery snailfish snailflower

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