Definition of snail

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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..

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Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..
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..
Helix :: Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species..
Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.
Lim Naea :: Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail..
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..
Physa :: Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond..
Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..
Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..
Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.
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..
Ianthina :: Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail..
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..
Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..
Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..
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