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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Example Sentences

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

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

I have seen the common garden snail in England emit a nearly similar consistency: they also emit a blue or purple liquid, which colours anything it touches.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George