snails

snails teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: 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; God's dear body; of body, i; plural of snail
achatine snails: plural form of achatine snail
snail: Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell
snail: A slow person; a sluggard
white-lipped snails: plural form of white-lipped snail
snail: {n} a testaceous insect, slow person, drone
snail: edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
snail: A member of a group of gastropod molluscs; most species secrete a spiral shell for protection Some species of snails don't make shells and are known as slugs
snail: emphasis If you say that someone does something at a snail's pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly. The train was moving now at a snail's pace. Any species of gastropod that glides along on a broad tapered foot and has a high coiled shell into which it can withdraw. Snails are found in the ocean, in fresh waters, and on land. Most marine snails have gills in the mantle cavity (see mollusk). Most land and freshwater snails have no gills; they use the mantle cavity itself as a lung. Snails may be either scavengers (of dead plant or animal matter) or predators. Some species are used as food, and the shells of some are used as ornaments. See also limpet, periwinkle, slug, whelk
snail: gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
snail: See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail
snail: A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly
snail: freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer
snail: {i} gastropod mollusk with a coiled shell; slow person, sluggard
snail: a small animal with no legs; a soft slimy body; and a shell on its back
snail: Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species
snail: freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
snail: 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
snail: The pod of the sanil clover
snail: Any of the several species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods used as human food
snail: Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ
snail: They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail
snail: Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing
snail: Snails are sensitive to their environment, some species preferring woodland, others grassland or open country, others wet or damp conditions, others dark or shaded locations, others underground, and so on The shells are durable and their presence – whether in kitchen middens or elsewhere – tells us something about the environment in which they lived
snail: A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo
snail: Any of very many animals, of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell