snail

snail  (snl)

n.

1. Any of numerous aquatic or terrestrial mollusks of the class Gastropoda, typically having a spirally coiled shell, broad retractile foot, and distinct head.

2. A slow-moving, lazy, or sluggish person.

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[Middle English, from Old English snægl.]

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snail [sneɪl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk

3. a slow-moving or lazy person or animal

[Old English snægl; related to Old Norse snigill, Old High German snecko]

snail-like  adj

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Snail Military, a D-shaped formation, 1579.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes scorpion shell - any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails garden 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 garlic escargot edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails meat - 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 whelk gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

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snail

Snails, 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, whelk

Translations

snail [sneɪl]

A. N → caracol m
at a snail's pace → a paso de tortuga

B. CPD snail mail N (hum) → correo m normal
snail shell N → concha f de caracol

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snail [ˈsneɪl] n → escargot m
a snail's pace → une extrême lenteur
at a snail's pace → avec une extrême lenteur
snail mail n
to send sth by snail mail → envoyer qch par la poste

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snail

n → Schnecke f; edible snail → Weinbergschnecke f; at a snail’s pace → im Schneckentempo

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snail [sneɪl] n → chiocciola
at a snail's pace → a passo di lumaca

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snail [sneɪl] n → chiocciola
at a snail's pace → a passo di lumaca

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snail

n snail [sneil]

a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along. slak حَلَزون охлюв hlemýžď snegl die Schnecke σαλιγκάρι caracol tigu حلزون etana escargot חִלָזוֹן घोंघा, शंबूक puž csiga siput snigill lumaca かたつむり 달팽이 sraigė gliemezis siput slak snegl ślimak caracol melc улитка slimák polž puž snigel หอยทาก salyangoz 蝸牛 слимак گھونگا con ốc sên 蜗牛

at a snail's pace

very slowly The old man walked along at a snail's pace. slakkegang كالسُّلْحُفاه много бавно hlemýždí rychlostí sneglefart im Schneckentempo σαν χελώνα, πολύ αργά a paso de tortuga teosammul بسيار آرام etanan vauhdilla comme une escargot בִּצעַדֵי צָב कछुआ की चाल puževim korakom csigalassúsággal sangat lambat löturhægt a passo di lumaca のろのろと 매우 느리게 vėžlio žingsniu gliemeža gaitā sangat perlahan slakkegang med sneglefart w ślimaczym tempie a passo de caracol ca melcul черепашьим шагом slimačím krokom po polževo veoma sporo i snigelfart ช้ามาก kaplumbağa hızında 緩慢地 черепашачою ходою بہت سست چال سے chậm như rùa 缓慢地

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snail → حلزون hlemýžď snegl Schnecke σαλιγκάρι caracol kuorellinen etana escargot puž lumaca カタツムリ 달팽이 slak snegle ślimak caracol улитка snigel หอยทาก salyangoz con ốc sên 蜗牛