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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