snail en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sneɪl/
- [sn̥eɪ̯ɫ]
- snāl
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel, Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.
Meanings
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Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- (broadly, informal) A slow person; a sluggard.
- 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.
- (historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
- A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snails | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
brown-lipped snail · shoulderband snail · snaillike · dew snail · glass snail · giant African land snail · white snail · water snail · snail syrup · harp snail · helmet snail · bonnet snail · snail-mail · decollate snail · giant snail · snail bean · bristle snail · awl snail · snail kite · snailborne · snailery · edible snail · looping snail · top snail · mud snail · snail's pace · Newcomb's snail · Moorean viviparous tree snail · wing snail · Japanese snail · white-lipped snail · river snail · snailshell · Roman snail · snaily · pebblesnail · snail darter · ambersnail · mystery snail · emerald green snail · snail-wheel · whorl snail · cone snail · palm-leaf snail · seasnail · olive snail · valve snail · domed land snail · purple storm snail · slugsnail · microsnail · Lister's river snail · snail vine · tulip snail · milk snail · snail mail · door snail · snail-paced · snailfish · African snail · snail trail · zombie snail · Finger Snail · snail trefoil · Utah roundmouth snail · Burgundy snail · slug snail · apple snail · green snail · Snark · achatine snail · land snail · snailish · garden snail · Chinese hat snail · turban snail · ramshorn snail · pond snail · snail fever · moon snail · housesnail · rack and snail · mudsnail · carrier snail · cinnamon snail · grove snail · ear snail · bubble snail · snailicide · Australian snail · strawberry snail · brown snail · agate snail · boulder snail · rocksnail · snailflower · volcano snail · Polynesian tree snail · flying snail · snailase · snailless · cheese snail · Spanish snail · wood snail · sea snail · violet snail · snail king · scaly-foot snail · snail-sense feminism · amber snail · Badwater snail · slow as a snail · snail butter · murex snail · snail pace
Relateds
Synonyms
dodman (animal) · hodmandod (animal)
Translations (324)
da snegl (sluggard) · ady цӏыӏргъ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mk по́лжав (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl loubán (sluggard) · gl loirán (sluggard) · kqr tuntul (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ast cascoxu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cs šnek (sluggard) · be улі́тка (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rif bucceř (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bdr kesu' (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cmn 蝸牛 /蜗牛 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ru тихохо́д (sluggard) · zza seytanok (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kmr şeytanok (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ko 달팽이 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ms siput (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nv tąądee naagháii (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl cornacha (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · km ខ្យង (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl bacaceiro (sluggard) · mn эмгэн хумс (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · aeb ببوش (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mk ро́глец (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · de Schnecke (sluggard) · as শামুক (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kry шийтӏан (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ar حَلَزُون (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · co lumaca (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl manguan (sluggard) · fr escargot (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · clt cuokaruv (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rm lindorna (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl brégolas (sluggard) · scn vavaluci (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bem ín-kolâ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rif aɣřař (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tl kuhol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · haw homeka (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · av цӏадалхӏама (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ast coscu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ru ули́тка (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · af slak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gv crammag (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · xug っとぅんな (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sn hózhwe (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ia limace (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es gandul (sluggard) · da snegl med sneglehus (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cy malwen (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kjj илбиз (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ca cargol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ht kalmason (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sco snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rys つだみ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ryu ちんなん (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · egl lumèga (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mzn لیسک (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ast caracol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es haragán (sluggard) · gl gandaina (sluggard) · frp lemace (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · oc cagaraula (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nap babbaluscia (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mg sifotra (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · chr ᎡᎶᏆ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · eo heliko (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sh пу̑ж (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · uz chayon (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · br melc'hwed (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bor uruwo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · it lumaca (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mzn گرسکل (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nl slak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yue 蝸牛 /蜗牛 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pt caramujo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · th หอยทาก (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nso kgohu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · se riipu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nrf colînmachon (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · id siput (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ab акамыршша (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nv chʼosh chʼééh digháhii (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · scn stuppateddu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mn ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠬᠠᠢ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl caxirolo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · wao hútu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bni monkolo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl arlote (sluggard) · bo སྨུག་འབུ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · scn babbaluciu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ps غوابيژه (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pcc sailnduangl (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sgs srāgis (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lmw ṣéeliṣ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ps غوابيژی (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ta நத்தை (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl mandrión (sluggard) · bho घोंघा (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gsw Schnägg (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bg о́хлюв (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · oj biimiskodisii (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es holgazán (sluggard) · kn ಶಂಬುಕ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · hu csiga (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · za hoingwh (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sk slimák (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ru копу́ша (sluggard) · es churo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ja 蝸牛 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mg lelosy (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ky үлүл (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · shi aɣwlal (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · te నత్త (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fy slak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kk ұлу (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ary غلالة (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · an caragol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · li slak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · unm tëshkwëlala (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pdc Schneck (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cv шуй (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ss um-nenkhé (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · alt каба курт (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kg mukolo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · my ပက်ကျိ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · oc cagaròl (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · da snegl (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bn শামুক (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · li snaegel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · id bekicot (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sva მჷრღჷჭ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ur گھون٘گا (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ce этмаьӏиг (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · hi घोंगा (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mt għakrux (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ln likolo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl cornacho (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · acm زلنطح (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · uz shilliq qurt (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nl huisjesslak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · uk слима́к (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ccp 𑄌𑄖𑄴 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl estrobán (sluggard) · ca dropo (sluggard) · lzz ფენწო (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ko 와우 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl sesillo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · si ගොළුබෙලි (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · az ilbiz (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rgn lumég (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · esu nepcurliq (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · it chiocciola (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · hy խխունջ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ca caragol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tr salyangoz (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · inh митал (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl galbán (sluggard) · fr escargot (sluggard) · xmf ფერწო (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cdo 牛母牛囝 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl larchán (sluggard) · sq kërmill (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · igl ìgbí (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · vec łumaga (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ug قۇلۇلە (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · za saehaexma (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mzn راب (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · apc بزقة (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mt bebbux (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fa-ira حَلَزون (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lo ຫອຍນ້ຳຈືດ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · unm chikolale (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yoi んだみ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · arz قوقع (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mr गोगलगाय (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · wa caracole (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fa-ira لیسَک (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · de Gehäuseschnecke (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · id keong (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl lampantín (sluggard) · yua uul (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · vec sciozo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · et tigu (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · arq بوجغلال (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · zai bichubé (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pdt Schnigj (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · vi ốc (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fr limaçon (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ps غواګۍ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ga seilide (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sw konokono (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rsk шлїмушлїк (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bbl ჰიმო̂ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ja でんでん虫 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sl polž (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mvi んーな (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lb Schleek (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gin хетӏу-бисмилла (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pt caracol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ckb شەیتانۆکە (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cr ᐊᑲᐦᑿᕀ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ml ഒച്ച് (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gd seilcheag (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sga selige (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · el σαλιγκάρι (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · my ခရုပက်ကျိ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl camanduleiro (sluggard) · ro melc (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fi kotilo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · udm биётака (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lv gliemezis (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · glk راب (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ga seilche (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sva მჷყა̄ნც (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nn snigel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ccp 𑄥𑄟𑄪𑄇𑄴 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ga seilmide (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lt sraigė (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · be смоўж (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nb snegle (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tk ulitka (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl cosco (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yag atwel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · zu umnenke (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nb snegl (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl nugallán (sluggard) · udm акач-тукач (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ln libelekete (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · de Schnecke (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tg холазун (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · scn bucalaci (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fi etana (sluggard) · kab aɛarus (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pt lesma (sluggard) · he חִלָּזוֹן (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ti ኣረነ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · he שַׁבְּלוּל (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · is snigill (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ccc shyamo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ka ლოკოკინა (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yua urich (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fi etana (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · uk ра́влик (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es tlaconete (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es caracol (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pcc sailndis (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ko 느림보 (sluggard) · nah tecciztli (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pcc duezngeec (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · eu barraskilo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mel sek (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mi pūpū (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · grc κόχλιας (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · be сліма́к (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl baleigán (sluggard) · gl lacazán (sluggard) · gl cascarolo (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · nb snile (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · scn crastuni (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kn ಬಸವನ ಹುಳು (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cy malwod (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · sh pȗž (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ca mandrós (sluggard) · ltg glīmiezs (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pcc ngeec (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cs hlemýžď (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ay ch'uru (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kmr hiseynok (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · io heliko (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · os сӕтӕлӕг (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mk вле́чко (sluggard) · ary ببوش (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl preguiceiro (sluggard) · ka ლოკოკინა (sluggard) · la cochlea (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yo ìgbín (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · kl siuteroq (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lis ꓠꓸ ꓑꓼ ꓟꓺ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · afb صبّان (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · hsb šlink (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · wuu 蝸牛 /蜗牛 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cy malwoden (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ang ġehūsod sneġel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ny nkhono (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lmo lumaga (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · alt јылан-јастык (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl moulón (sluggard) · gl camándula (sluggard) · sv snigel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · izh maonkotain (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tyv хап-балык (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · fo snigil (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tt лайлач (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · vo snel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · arz حلزون (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ja カタツムリ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · tg тӯқумшуллуқ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · gl langrán (sluggard) · gl macandón (sluggard) · sa शम्बूक (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · yi שנעק (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ary حلزون (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · myv гуйтодов (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · mnw တု (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · bg плу́жек (sluggard) · mn бүрээ хорхой (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · orv смолжь (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · za sae (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · xmf ლოქორუა (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · lis ꓐꓶꓼ ꓠꓶꓼ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · udm куалялюльы (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pl ślimak (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · udi аьлбиз (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · ang sneġel (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · dsb slinik (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · pl osoba, która wlecze się (sluggard) · ur حَلْزُون (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · syl ꠢꠣꠝꠥꠇ (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · rsk шлїмак (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · cs šnek (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · es tortuga (sluggard) · nan-hbl 露螺 (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) · qu ch'uru (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)