pond snail

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noun

a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke

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Words nearby pond snail

Pondo, pondok, Pondoland, pond scum, pond-skater, pond snail, pondweed, pone, pong, ponga, pongee

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How to use pond snail in a sentence

Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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“I jumped over a few cars, almost turned it upside down in a pond and came out on top of all four tires,” she wrote in an email.
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Most days, I might as well be studying some obscure species of sea snail.
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Then, a sharp-eyed woman pointed out a ladder leaning against a tree on the side of the pond.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.
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Under cover of this they crawled towards a large pond on which ducks were resting but by no means asleep.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
In the autumn it occurs both in the Braye Pond and on the coast in the more sheltered parts.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith