garden snail

British  

noun

1. any of several land snails common in gardens, where they may become pests, esp Helix aspersa, and sometimes including Cepaea nemoralis, common in woods and hedgerows

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garden snail

Early research suggests the mucus might have anticancer abilities too: garden snail mucus successfully inhibited skin cancer cell growth in a lab.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 8, 2024

Most Americans are familiar with the French version of snails: escargot, your common garden snail, cooked in butter and flecked with herbs.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

That’s what I enjoy, and I’ll do it for any topic that catches my attention—whether it’s the nature of jerkitude, garden snail cognition, robot rights or the moral behavior of ethics professors.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2020

Most of the snail mucin used for skin care involves the Cryptomphalus aspersa species, a.k.a. the common garden snail.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018

I must tell it to somebody, if only a bird, or a cat, or a garden snail.'

From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Hardy, Thomas