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Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..

Gastropoda :: Gastropoda (n. pl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca..

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

Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..

Geophila :: Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.

Lim Naea :: Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail..

''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)..

Paludina :: Paludina (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond..

Basommatophora :: Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails..

Bulimus :: Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America..

Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..

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

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation..

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..

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

Fungivorous :: Fungivorous (a.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.

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

Helix :: Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species..

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