snail
noun
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
snails
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pluralof snail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They were the first invertebrates -- a broad group of animals including spiders, snails and worms -- shown to use celestial navigation for such long trips.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The venom peptides that snakes and snails use are built as closed loops, which is what lets them survive intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The snails were discovered during expeditions organized by Taxon Expeditions, an initiative that allows members of the public to take part in genuine scientific fieldwork.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
"I brought 24 snails back from Wales at the start of July," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The smaller spiral-shelled snails were cheaper, piled high in baskets, but she could not buy them, could not think of them as food; they had always been, to her, playthings for village children.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
