Word Finder - snail

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Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

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(by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.

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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 or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

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The pod of the snail clover.

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To move or travel very slowly.

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The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.

In this duct and sac the spermatophores received in copulation from another snail are lodged.

Carmen continued at a snail's pace across the floor.

The number of cercariae produced by the pullulating rediae in a single water-snail is immense, and as they are emitted at a given period or a few successive periods, the snail at these times appears enclosed in a cloud of whitish flocculent matter.

Is it purely as a pet, for eggs, as a snail and slug deterrent or for meat?

There is not a very large amount of food-material present in the egg of this snail, and accordingly the cells resulting from division are not so unequal as in many other cases.

Don't worry, you're not actually eating the whole snail.

These then leave the snail, and encyst of water vegetation such as the water caltrop, infection being by ingestion of these metacercaria.

The inner ear consists of an organ called the cochlea, which is shaped like a snail's shell.

Desmoulin's Whorl Snail is a tiny gastropod that lives in swampy grasslands.

Malcolm quoted a sample menu - snail soup, fried sole with wood louse sauce, mutton with wireworm sauce, moths on toast.

I am working on a picture postcard collection by snail mail for my girl guide badge.

In the middle of all this there was a sudden stop, and a Snail, stepping forward, offered to dance a minuet.

Have you been trying to lose weight but find it comes off at a snail's pace?

From snail shells to washing machines, to fingertips, to the insides of our ears.

The first problem with snail porridge (apart from the name) was getting hold of the snail porridge (apart from the name) was getting hold of the snails.

Snail mail may be sent via the postal boxes located on each campus.

Snail shell, the occupant probably removed by a bird !

If you're tired of sending photos and DVDs through snail mail, this photo-sharing site may be the answer to your problem.

Those who need it can call, visit, email, or snail mail.

The snail is drawn large, and besides the bright yellow and blue shell, it's the heart detail at the very center that really draws the attention of the eye.

Going through snail mail can take weeks or months.

Regardless of whether you use email or snail mail, you should follow some guidelines in writing a letter of introduction.

Yes, you may get some great coupons, but you're also likely to get a lot of spam or snail mail that you don't want.

When the bottle was poured a partly decomposed snail floated out.

The Giant's Causeway National Nature Reserve supports the only known population of narrow-mouthed whorl snail in Northern Ireland.

The pond snail has lungs which it fills with gulps of air.

We now will wait to see it appear at a September race, probably with its new teammate Super Snail.

Snail A snail bids you to continue on your path slowly but surely and can also indicate a very sexually uninhibited person!

Ichthulin (see above) may be placed in this group; " helico-proteid," found in the serous gland of Helix pomatia, the vineyard snail, also belongs here.

The Romans are credited with having purposely introduced the edible snail (Helix pomatia) into England, and the common garden snail and slugs (Helix aspersa, Limax agrestis and Anion hortensis) have been unwittingly established in New Zealand.

He behaved with extraordinary skill, displaying in the heat of the conflict all the abilities of an experienced conspirator, knowing, "like the snail, how to draw in his horns as soon as he met with an obstacle" (Thiers), but supple, resourceful and unscrupulous as to the choice of men and means in his obstinate struggle for power.

Each was guiding his car at a snail 's pace near the center of the road.

Do n't worry, you 're not actually eating the whole snail.

The first problem with snail porridge (apart from the name) was getting hold of the snails.

Incidentally, did anyone hear about the snail trail theory?

The Giant 's Causeway National Nature Reserve supports the only known population of narrow-mouthed whorl snail in Northern Ireland.

Snail A snail bids you to continue on your path slowly but surely and can also indicate a very sexually uninhibited person !

Each species of whorl snail has its own characteristic pattern of ' teeth ' inside the opening of the shell.

Abalone is a type of edible sea snail, a prized ingredient of Chinese cuisine.

Going online to manage your account can be more convenient than calling the company or sending correspondence via snail mail.

Some will accept email submittals while many others still require snail mail.

While it cannot supply your entire cosmetics and beauty collection, you can get some fun items via snail mail if you call the right people.

If you're still using snail mail for weekly updates you may want to check out myfantasyfootball.com.

When the game opens you see SpongeBob and his pet snail Gary to the right side of the screen and Squidward standing beside a Christmas tree.

That you agree to receive email or snail mail from Ebay.

They also offer an eProof service so you won't have to wait for an invitation proof to come through snail mail.

Save some cash and still get great ideas with these and other wedding dress manufacturers available via snail mail and online.

If you have an old photo that isn't available in a digital format, you can send it via snail mail to the address on the site.

You can order either by completing an order form online and uploading your photo or you can use snail mail and mail your photo to the company.

You can choose from designs like Taking Someone for a Ride, Overlooking the Desert, Snail Garden, Hieroglyphics, Uncorrected Manuscript, and more.