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Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..

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..

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.

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..

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

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

Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..

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..

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

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

Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..

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

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