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

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 W. Scott-Elliot

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