Snail word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "snail" word
[noun] edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
[verb] gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
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(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[ae]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
(b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) 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. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
Synonyms for snail
escargot
See also: collect | edible snail | edible snail | garden snail | garner | gastropod | gather | Helix pomatia | Helix pomatia | meat | pull together | scorpion shell | univalve | whelk |
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Let's analyse "snail" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: LIANS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1430 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
snail: 1 + 9 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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