Word Finder - snails

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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.

But there are a considerable number of snails, both terrestrial and aquatic, which are not Pulmonates.

In some Pulmonata (snails) the foot is extended at right angles to the visceral hump, which rises from it in the form of a coil as in Streptoneura; in others the visceral hump is not elevated, but is extended with the foot, and the shell is small or absent (slugs).

The fresh-water snails which are not Pulmonates are the Paludinidae, Valvatidae and Ampullaridae, together with Neritina, a genus of the Neritidae.

The food of the adult is almost exclusively animal, - insects, especially large ants, snails, lizards and snakes, but it also eats certain large red berries.

Now, Coccinellidae (ladybirds) are known to be highly distasteful to most insectivorous mammals and birds, and snails would be quite unfit food for the Pompilid or Ichneumonid larvae, so that the reason for the mimicry in these cases is also perfectly clear.

Thus the whole of the Pulmonata (which breathe air, are destitute of gill-plumes and operculum and have a complicated hermaphrodite reproductive system) are either snails or slugs.

For the morphology and classification of snails, see Gastropoda.

The blackbird feeds chiefly on fruits, worms, the larvae of insects and snails, extracting the last from their shells by dexterously chipping them on stones; and though it is generally regarded as an enemy of the garden, it is probable that the amount of damage by it to the fruit is largely compensated for by its undoubted services as a vermin-killer.

It is about a foot in length, lives on snails and worms and is provided with both lungs and gills.

In small flowers which are crowded at the same level or in flat flowers in which the stigmas and anthers project but little, slugs or snails creeping over their surface may transfer to the stigma the pollen which clings to the slimy foot.

In the Nova Scotian tree trunks land snails (Archaeozonites, Dendropupa) have been found.

There are many different types of edible snails in the world.

Many of our native species spend the day lurking beneath stones, and sally forth at night in pursuit of their prey, which consistsof small insects, earthworms and snails.

Some members of the Argyopidae (Cyclosa) are exactly like small snails; others (Cyrtarachne) resemble Coccinellidae in shape and colour.

In Scotland the word "slug" is absent from the vernacular vocabulary, both shell-bearing and shell-less inland molluscs being known as snails.

The species of Helix are all herbivorous, like the Pulmonata generally; snails and slugs are well-known enemies to the gardener.

There are few earthworms or snails.

He describes how when the cow has moved on, an army of creatures including earthworms, snails, mites and nematodes take over.

One evening they decided to go find some snails so they could have escargot for dinner.

These hellraisers ride around in South America on the backs of snails, eating the excreta their ambling mounts produce.

Slimy Creatures Discover how snails get around, how poison arrow frogs protect themselves and how amphibians breathe.

Customs officers at Heathrow recently seized heroin packed into the shells of live snails.

How to deter slugs, snails, mollusks around hosta plants slugs and snails enjoy hosta plants slugs and snails enjoy hosta environments.

The fish utilize food sources naturally present in the waters, including freshwater shrimp, benthic invertebrates, snails and insects.

In a sulk, he drives his train back to London at a snails pace.

A high percentage of eggs, however, are devoured by snails.

Limpets (Patella vulgata) and rough periwinkles are snails that graze on the algae and lichens.

It is also advisable to put a couple of small aquatic snails in the hatching container.

These tiny winkles are marine snails, yet spend most of their time out of the water.

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.

There are 52 species of freshwater snails found in Britain.

Can anyone tell me what enjoyment is to be had out of keeping apple snails?

Snails are a bit easier to find due to their shells, so inspect the undersides of objects and pick them off.

Secondly, the group uses DNA sequences to estimate the topology and timing of deep evolutionary relationships among the pulmonate land snails and slugs.

Slugs and snails do n't have jaws, instead they have a radula, they are the only animals to have a radula.

When they 're young and tender they 're vulnerable to slugs and snails which rasp away at the stem until the whole plant shrivels.

Dead slugs & snails left for a few days in water to ferment.

Giant African snails should be kept indoors, in a warm place.

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

Mudflats have an abundance of invertebrates such as ragworm and mud snails and the channels contain fish such as bass, flounders and gobies.

I am also looking for shrimp, hermit crabs and possibly turbo snails.

Her writing was filled with rich, creative metaphors; she described teachers as fire-breathing dragons, the books on the shelves as vibrant butterflies and the other students as slime-trailing snails.

The feline worms use snails and slugs as hosts.

Escargot - There are 116 varieties of edible snails.

The leaves are 4 feet long and half an inch wide, and are so succulent that unless carefully protected from snails they are soon eaten through.

The young leaves are a favourite prey of slugs and snails.

Snails and slugs are fond of this plant, and in spring, and even in mild winters, may destroy it.

Where slugs and snails are a problem, put out non-toxic slug bait or traps or use copper strips around the plants.

Slugs and snails love to chew on leaves, particularly hosta and other plants growing in moist, shady locations.

You can trap slugs and snails by sinking containers of beer into your garden near damaged plants.