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snail
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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.

[Middle English, from Old English snægl.]

snail
Noun
a slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell [Old English snæg(e)l]

Snail Military, a D-shaped formation, 1579.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snailsnail - 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.snailsnail - edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails
meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Verb1.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"

snail
Translations
snail [sneɪl] ncaracol m

snail [sneɪl] nescargot m

snail [sneɪl] nSchnecke f

snail [sneɪl] nchiocciola

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
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 느릿느릿하게 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


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