snail

Speech parts

1. snail - Noun

2. snail - Verb

Meaning

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 snail.

Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.

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.

A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.

The pod of the sanil clover.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

escargot barnacle helix loafer shrimp slug oyster mussel idler crustacean spiral drone shellfish abalone lobster
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Antonyms

beaver dynamo doer ambitious ambition demon
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Hypernyms

garner animal meat collect gather gastropod

Hyponyms

whelk edible snail scorpion shell garden snail Helix pomatia

Phrases with the word

edible marine snail moves at a snail's pace bubble snail snail's pace terrestrial snail knobbed marine snail

Anagrams

slain Aslin Nails nilas salin Sinla

Examples

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. Wole Soyinka

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon

There are no small number of people in this world who, solitary by nature, always try to go back into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail. Anton Chekhov

Like a snail on a barrel of tar. Dutch Proverb

It is not only the fox, even the snail arrives at its destination. Nigerian Proverb

Putting salt on every snail. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

snaglike snagproof snags and sawyers snail bean snail breeding facility snail butter