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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024snail /sneɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa soft-bodied, slow-moving animal that lives in a spiral-shaped shell.
- a slow or lazy person.
Idioms- at a snail's pace, very slowly:Work was proceeding at a snail's pace.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snail (snāl),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebratesany mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- a slow or lazy person;
sluggard. - Timea cam having the form of a spiral.
- Dialect Terms[Midwestern and Western U.S.]a sweet roll in spiral form, esp. a cinnamon roll or piece of Danish pastry.
- bef. 900; Middle English snail, snayl(e), Old English snegel; cognate with Low German snagel, German (dialect, dialectal) Schnegel
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: snail /sneɪl/ n - 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)
- any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk
- a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
Etymology: Old English snægl; related to Old Norse snigill, Old High German sneckoˈsnail-ˌlike adj |