snail

IPA: snˈeɪɫ

noun

  • Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
  • (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
  • (engineering) 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.
  • (military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
  • The pod of the snail clover.
  • (rail transport) A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

verb

  • To move or travel very slowly.
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Examples of "snail" in Sentences

  • The ants were already eating the snail mucus.
  • The snails die in the procedure of extraction.
  • I will take the snail and bury it in the garden.
  • The rest of the body of the snail is shown in green.
  • Tahitian tree snail survived recent mass extirpation.
  • Sores and freckles were treated with the ashes of snails.
  • As the snail grows, the shell is added onto in increments.
  • The common name of this snail refers to the island of Moorea.
  • The snail was found on the ground on the leaf litter under rainforest.
  • Hermaphrodites include the common earthworm and certain species of snails.

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