Roman snail

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Roman snail

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans

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snail			Environment minister Jane Davidson also announced that the roman snail and short-snouted seahorse are now protected against being killed, injured or taken from the wild. More species protected; WALES by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) They join species such as the otter and grass snake that are already protected under the 1981 act and, in addition, the possession of or sale of the water vole, short-snouted seahorse, spiny seahorse and Roman snail will become and offence. Seahorses thriving in cleaner river Thames, scientists say by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The Government announced the voles, along with the angel shark, roman snail, spiny seahorse and short-snouted seahorse, will be protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Voles decline by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			Roman coriander Roman deity Roman Emperor Roman Empire roman fleuve Roman holiday Roman hyacinth Roman Inquisition Roman Jakobson Roman law Roman Legion roman letters Roman mile Roman mythology Roman nettle Roman nose Roman numeral Roman numerals Roman ocher Roman order Roman Osipovich Jakobson Roman pace roman print Roman punch Roman Republic Roman snail Roman times roman type Roman wormwood roman-fleuve Romanal romance Romance language romancer Romancist Romancy Romanes Romanesque Romanesque architecture Romanesque style Romani Romania Romanian Romanian monetary unit Romanic Romanic spelling romanicite Romanise Romanish Romanism Romanist			Roman province Lusitania Roman province Lusitania Roman provinces Roman punch Roman Question Roman Question Roman Rakushka-Romanovskii Roman Ramparts Roman Religion Roman Republic Roman Republic and Empire Roman Republic of 1798–99 Roman Republic of 1849 Roman Republican Calendar Roman Revival Roman Revolutionaries Roman road Roman roads Roman Romanovich Vreden Roman Rudenko Roman script Roman script Roman see Roman see Roman Senate and People Roman Servile Wars Roman sex Roman sex Roman sex Roman snail Roman snails Roman Spain Roman Spain Roman Spectroscopy Roman State Roman State Roman Stoics Roman Stoics Roman Stoics Roman sword Roman sword Roman sword Roman temple Roman temple Roman text Roman text Roman the Great Roman theater Roman theatre (structure) Roman tile Roman times roman type roman type Roman typeface Roman typeface Roman Vatslavovich Malinovskii Roman Victor Penni Martorell Roman Vishniac Roman Vreden Roman Wall

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