nnoun.animalfreshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shellDerivationally Related Form:snail
Hypernyms:gastropod univalve
Inherited Hypernyms:snailgastropodmolluskinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Helix pomatiaedible snailgarden snailscorpion shell
Full Hyponyms:brown snailedible snailgarden snailhelix hortensisscorpion shell
nnoun.foodedible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlicSynset:escargot
Derivationally Related Form:snail
Substance Holonyms:Helix pomatia edible snail
Hypernyms:meat
Inherited Hypernyms:escargotmeatfoodsolidmatterphysical entityentity
vverb.contactgather snailsExamples:- We went snailing in the summer
Derivationally Related Form:snail
Hypernyms:collect garner gather pull together
Inherited Hypernyms:snailgather
Direct Hyponyms:whelk
Full Troponyms:whelk
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | In the summer they like to go out and --- (apply to: snail)