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The Archimedean screw.
Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.
Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.
A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.
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The pod of the sanil clover.
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Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
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In the manner of a snail; slowly.
a.
Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
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A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
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A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
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A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
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See Sea snail (a).
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God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).
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A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
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Slow-moving, like a snail.
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Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
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Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.
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A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
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A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
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A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
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