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snail S0504300 (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.]snail (sneɪl) n1. (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 whelk3. a slow-moving or lazy person or animal[Old English snægl; related to Old Norse snigill, Old High German snecko] ˈsnail-ˌlike adjsnail (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] Snail Military, a D-shaped formation, 1579.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shellgastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyesscorpion shell - any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spinesedible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snailsgarden 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 garlicescargotedible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snailsmeat - 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 whelkgather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
snailSnails, 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, whelkTranslationssnail (sneil) noun a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell. Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along. 蝸牛 蜗牛at a snail's pace very slowly. The old man walked along at a snail's pace. 緩慢地 缓慢地snail
at a snail's paceVery slowly (as a snail is known to move very slowly). My research is moving at a snail's pace—every experiment I've tried so far has failed. We'll never get there on time with you driving at a snail's pace!See also: pacesnail mailPaper mail sent through the postal service (as opposed to email). Snails are thought of as very slow. A: "Did we get any exciting snail mail today?" B: "Nah, just some bills." Wait, you sent the invitations snail mail? Why didn't you just do e-vites?See also: mail, snailsnail's paceA very slow, arduous pace or rate. My research is moving at a snail's pace—every experiment I've tried so far has failed. We're never going to recoup our development costs if the snail's pace of these sales doesn't pick up.See also: paceat a snail's gallopVery slowly. Snails are known for moving very slowly. My research is moving at a snail's gallop—every experiment I've tried so far has failed. We'll never get there on time with you driving at a snail's gallop!See also: gallopat a snail's pace and at a snail's gallopvery slowly. Things are moving along at a snail's pace here, but we'll finish on time—have no fear. Poor old Wally is creeping at a snail's gallop because his car has a flat tire.See also: pacesnail mailOrdinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail. This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s] See also: mail, snailsnail's paceA very slow pace, as in They're making progress with testing the new vaccine, but at a snail's pace. [c. 1400] See also: paceat a snail's pace COMMON If something is moving or happening at a snail's pace, it is moving or happening very slowly. The vote counting continues at a snail's pace but already clear results are emerging. The economy grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year. She was driving at a snail's pace, looking in every house. Note: You can also use snail's pace before a noun. Observers hope that the meeting will speed up two years of snail's-pace progress. Note: You usually use this expression when you think that it would be better if it went more quickly. See also: paceat a snail's pace extremely slowly.See also: paceat a ˈsnail’s pace (informal) very slowly: My grandmother drove the car at a snail’s pace.See also: paceˈsnail mail (informal, humorous) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail: I’d love to hear from you, either by email or snail mail.See also: mail, snailat a snail’s pace and at a snail’s gallop mod. very slowly. Poor old Willy is creeping at a snail’s gallop because his car has a flat tire. The building project is coming along at a snail’s pace. See also: paceat a snail’s gallop verbSee at a snail’s paceSee also: gallopsnail-mail n. post office mail; regular mail as opposed to electronic mail. (Refers to the slowness of regular mail in comparison to electronic mail or faxes.) There are lots of color pictures in the article, so I will send you the original by snail-mail. at a snail's paceVery slowly. The slowness of snails was pointed out about 200 b.c. by the Roman poet Plautus and the term “snail’s pace” in English goes back to about 1400. Relative to its size, however, a snail travels a considerable distance each day, using the undersurface of its muscular foot to propel itself.See also: pacesnail
snail, name commonly used for a gastropodgastropod,
member of the class Gastropoda, the largest and most successful class of mollusks (phylum Mollusca), containing over 35,000 living species and 15,000 fossil forms.
..... Click the link for more information. mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat both plant and animal matter; others eat only one type of food. Respiration is carried on by gills in the aquatic species; terrestrial forms have a pulmonary sac, or lung, in the mantle cavity. A few terrestrial species have returned to the sea, and consequently must rise to the surface to breathe. Eyes are borne on stalks or tentacles. Many snails, including all land snails, are hermaphroditic, but the majority of the marine species have separate sexes. A snail secretes a slimy path over which it progresses slowly by rhythmic contractions of the muscular base, or foot. Marine and terrestrial snails are eaten in various parts of the world. Snails are considered a delicacy in Europe and were eaten by primitive man and raised for food by the Romans. Certain harmful freshwater species harbor flukes and other parasites that cause disease in humans. Although some land snails cause economic losses by destroying vegetation, even more harm is done to gardens by slugsslug,
name for a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in which the characteristic molluscan shell is reduced to a thin plate embedded in the tissues. Like the terrestrial snails of the same order, slugs have a distinct head with a mouth, tentacles bearing eyes, and a lung for breathing
..... Click the link for more information. . Snails are classified in the phylum MolluscaMollusca
, taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals (Arthropoda is the largest) comprising more than 50,000 living mollusk species and about 35,000 fossil species dating back to the Cambrian period.
..... Click the link for more information. , class Gastropoda.What does it mean when you dream about a snail?We often association snails with slowness, and a dream about snails could relate to our sense of something moving as a “snail’s pace” or a communication arriving via “snail mail.” Alternatively, as an animal with a hard shell, a snail can represent someone’s psychological shell. snail[snāl] (invertebrate zoology) Any of a large number of gastropod mollusks distinguished by a spiral shell that encloses the body, a head, a foot, and a mantle. snailsymbol of deliberation and steadfastness. [Heraldry: Halberts, 38]See: Perseverancesnail1. 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. any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk snail
snail (snāl), Common name for members of the class Gastropoda (phylum Mollusca). The freshwater pulmonate (nonoperculated, air-breathing) snails (subclass Pulmonata, order Basommatophora) include most intermediate hosts of trematodes parasitic in humans and domestic birds and mammals, chiefly in the families Lymnaeidae and Planorbidae. The subclass Prosobranchiata, the operculate snails, includes the order Neogastropoda, which includes the venomous stinging cone snails (genus Conus), and the order Mesogastropoda, of which the family Hydrobiidae includes most of the medically important host snails. [M.E. snaile] snail (snāl)n. Any of numerous aquatic or terrestrial gastropod mollusks that typically have a spirally coiled shell, retractile foot, and distinct head.SNAIL
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snail
Related to snail: Land snailSynonyms for snailnoun freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shellRelated Words- gastropod
- univalve
- scorpion shell
- edible snail
- Helix pomatia
- garden snail
noun edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlicSynonymsRelated Words- edible snail
- Helix pomatia
- meat
verb gather snailsRelated Words- whelk
- gather
- pull together
- collect
- garner
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