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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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

After firing Smith, Meyer started head ducking and shoulder-curling like a garden snail.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2018

Tiny physas and succineas, no larger than shot, live among big paludinas as large as a garden snail, while all sizes of the larger varieties are found, from microscopic atoms to the perfect adult.

From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)