garden snail
Britishnoun
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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
Nifty theories of consciousness come crashing down around your toes when you try to apply them in a principled way to the case of the garden snail.
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
On my languorous wanderings — garden snail was the average pace — I traded pleasantries with strangers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017
Every garden snail produces in one part of its sexual gland eggs, and in another part sperm.
From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by Scott-Elliot, W.
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