''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..

Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..

Sea Snail :: Sea snail () A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds..

Sea Snail :: Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc..

Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..

Snail :: Snail (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail..

Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..

Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..

Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..

Snail :: Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.

Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..

Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Snail-paced :: Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail..

Snailfish :: Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).

Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..

Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.

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