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1. Snail
   Popular since prehistoric times, the snail was greatly favored by ancient Romans who set aside special vineyards where snails could feed and fatten.
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2. snail
   [n] - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell 2. [v] - gather snails
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3. Snail
   Snail (snāl) noun [ Middle English snaile , Anglo-Saxon snægel , snegel , snægl ; akin to German schnecke , Old High German snecko , Danish snegl , Icelandic snigill .] 1. (...
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4. snail
   1. <zoology> 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 sanil. Any ...
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5. snail
   noun freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
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6. 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. • (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine spe...
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7. snail
   a gastropod (q.v.), especially one having an enclosing shell, into which it may retract completely for protection. A gastropod lacking a shell is ... [15 related articles]
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8. Snail
   Snail is slang for a slow driver.
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9. Snail
   Snail is slang for a slow driver.
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10. snail
    another name for a slinch (see above).
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11. snail
    snail, name commonly used for a gastropod mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat both plant and animal matter; others eat only one type of food. Respiration is carried on by gills in the aquatic species; terrestrial forms ha...
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12. Snail
    The snail is an air breathing gastropod mollusc with an external shell. Snails are of world-wide distribution, found everywhere except the polar regions. There are many thousands of species, with more than 120 British species, some terrestrial and some aquatic living in fresh water. There are also m...
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13. snail
    Type: Term Pronunciation: snāl Definitions: 1. Common name for members of the class Gastropoda (phylum Mollusca). The freshwater pulmonate (nonoperculated, air-breathing) snails (subclass Pulmonata, order Basommatophora) include most intermediate hosts of trematodes parasitic in humans and dome...
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14. snail
    Air-breathing gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell. There are thousands of species, on land and in water. The typical snails of the genus Helix have two species in Europe. The common garden snail H. aspersa is very destructive to plants. Snails are hermaphrodite and, before mating, produce a mucus covered ...
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15. Snail
    `Snail` is a common name for almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in a general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. Otherwise snail-like creatures that lack a shell (or have only a very sma...
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