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snail

DEFINITIONS OF: snail

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n freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

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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
Helix pomatia, edible snail
one of the chief edible snails
garden snail
any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests
Helix aspersa, brown snail
serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Helix hortensis
a kind of garden snail
Type of:
gastropod, univalve
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

n edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

Synonyms:
escargot
Type of:
meat
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

v gather snails

“We went snailing in the summer”
Types:
whelk
gather whelk
Type of:
collect, garner, gather, pull together
assemble or get together
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