snail
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snail/sneɪl/
▶noun a slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. [Many species in the class Gastropoda.]
– phrases
snail's pace a very slow speed or rate of progress.
snail's pace a very slow speed or rate of progress.
– origin OE snæg(e)l, of Gmc origin.
'snail' also found in these Oxford entries:
caracole
- cercaria
- ciguatera
- cochlea
- conker
- edible snail
- escargot
- horn
- liver fluke
- miracidium
- ramshorn snail
- sea snail
- snail mail
