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snail
(sn/eI/l
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noun (n)
- freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- gather snails(verb.contact)Example:
We went snailing in the summer.
source: wordnet30