snail
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
a slow or lazy person; sluggard.
Machinery. a cam having the form of a spiral.
Midwestern and Western U.S. a sweet roll in spiral form, especially a cinnamon roll or piece of Danish pastry.
Origin of snail
1Other words from snail
- snaillike, adjective
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How to use snail in a sentence
On Monday, federal authorities seized 67 Giant African Snails at Los Angeles International Airport.
Then, a joke was rewriting the lunchroom menu to include "scrambled snails" and “fried ants.”
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is, after all, the country of sautéed snails, force-fed geese, garlicky frog legs and horse tartare.
U.S. Wants Freedom from ‘Filthy’ French Cheese | Alice Guilhamon, Christopher Dickey | July 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut is the latest rhesus news really a victory for the slobs and snails?
New Research Contradicts Calorie-Restriction Claims | Kent Sepkowitz | September 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRemove pan from the heat, add snails and huitlacoche, and toss until coated with sauce.
We succeeded in taking an eel, a few crabs, and a small quantity of snails.
She spent the following night in his room, but thanks to the absence of snails all went well.
The Animal Story Book | VariousAre there not, in fact, snails, in which an upper jaw is the only representation of a skeleton.
Freedom in Science and Teaching. | Ernst HaeckelI have heard of another who is raising snails, and of still another who makes a specialty of caddis-flies.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}Here a peat-bog has encroached upon a fresh-water lake and has covered a mud bottom strewn with shells of pond-snails and mussels.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for snail
/ (sneɪl) /
any of numerous terrestrial or freshwater gastropod molluscs with a spirally coiled shell, esp any of the family Helicidae, such as Helix aspersa (garden snail)
any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk
a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
Origin of snail
1Derived forms of snail
- snail-like, adjective
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