Meaning Of The Word Snail

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snail
countable noun: A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.

snail in American English
any of a large number of slow-moving gastropods living on land or in water and having a spiral protective shell: some kinds are used as food
noun: any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about

snail in British English
noun: any of numerous terrestrial or freshwater gastropod molluscs with a spirally coiled shell, esp any of the family Helicidae, such as Helix aspersa ( garden snail)
noun: any of numerous terrestrial or freshwater gastropod molluscs with a spirally coiled shell, esp any of the family Helicidae, such as Helix aspersa (garden snail)

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