Definition of snail Snail
/snejˈl/ - [sneyl] - snail
We found 18 definitions of snail from 7 different sources.
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What does snail mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: snails |
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| snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell | ||
| gastropod, univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | ||
| scorpion shell any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines | ||
| edible snail, helix pomatia one of the chief edible snails | ||
| snail - edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | ||
| escargot | ||
| meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | ||
| edible snail, helix pomatia one of the chief edible snails | ||
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| snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
| whelk gather whelk | ||
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Wiktionary 
- snail (Noun)
Any of very many animals either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic, of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. - snail (Noun)
A slow person; a sluggard. - snail (Noun)
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. - snail (Noun)
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers. - snail (Noun)
The pod of the snail clover .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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. - 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. - snail (n.)
Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. - 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. - snail (n.)
A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. - snail (n.)
The pod of the sanil clover.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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snail
(Gastropoda) Ventral footed mollusk, including land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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snail
snāl, n. a term for the species of terrestrial Gasteropoda which have well-formed spiral shells—the more typical snails belonging to the genus Helix, of the family Helicidæ, having the shell of many whorls, globose, depressed, or conical.—ns. Snail′-clov′er, -trē′foil, a species of medic; Snail′-fish, a fish of genus Liparis, sticking to rocks; Snail′-flow′er, a twining bean.—adjs. Snail′-like (Shak.), in the manner of a snail, slowly; Snail′-paced (Shak.), as slow-moving as a snail; Snail′-slow, as slow as a snail.—n. Snail′-wheel, in some striking time-pieces, a rotating piece with a spiral periphery having notches so arranged as to determine the number of strokes made on the bell.—Snail's pace, a very slow pace. [A.S. snegl, snægl; Ger. schnecke.]
Wikipedia 
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A snail is an animal. It is a mollusc, which means it does not have bones. Most snails are aquatic, they live in the water. Most of them have a shell. Most snails are herbivores, though some are omnivores. Fewer even are carnivores.
Snails without a shell are usually called "slug"s.
Snails move very slowly, and are sometimes used to represent "slow".
In some countries, like in France, people eat snails. They usually boil them in salt water, and add a garlic sauce.
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