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

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

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2018

In some there may be as few as sixteen; in others, in some relatives of our garden snail, for example, there may be as many as forty thousand!

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various