water snail


Origin of water snail

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First recorded in 1555–65

Words Nearby water snail

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How to use water snail in a sentence

  • It was just what it seemed to be, the shell of a water snail.

    Old Farm Fairies: | Henry Christopher McCook
  • Here they die unless they find their way into a certain water-snail, which many of them do.

  • Of these the best known are the block and tackle, the endless screw (worm gear), and the water snail, or Archimedean screw.

    The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns
  • Of two kinds of water snail found in the Thames, and among the commonest molluscs, one is a vegetable feeder.

  • After that, the Blue-eyed Girl showed him a little water-snail.

    Bird Stories | Edith M. Patch