Definition of snail

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

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Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..
Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
Snailfish :: Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).
Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation..
Physa :: Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond..
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..
Stylommatophorous :: Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..
Snail :: Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.
Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..
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)..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.
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..
Fungivorous :: Fungivorous (a.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..
Sea Snail :: Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc..
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