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Definition of snail noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

snail

noun
 
/sneɪl/
 
/sneɪl/
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  1. a small, soft creature with a hard, round shell on its back, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants. Some types of snail can be eaten.
    • the war with the slugs and snails in my garden
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.b2, Gardensb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • edible
    • aquatic
    • land
    • …
    snail + noun
    • shell
    phrases
    • slugs and snails
    • (at) a snail’s pace
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    Word OriginOld English snæg(e)l, of Germanic origin; related to German Schnecke.
Idioms
at a snail’s pace
  1. very slowly
    • Traffic had slowed to a snail’s pace.
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