snail

Possessives

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

Converse of object

• decompose: When the bottle was poured a partly decomposed snail floated out.
• eat: Don't worry, you're not actually eating the whole snail.

Adjective modifier

• edible: There are many different types of edible snails in the world.
• aquatic: It is also advisable to put a couple of small aquatic snails in the hatching container.
• giant: Giant African snails should be kept indoors, in a warm place.
• marine: These tiny winkles are marine snails, yet spend most of their time out of the water.
• tiny: How I long to sail " Said the tiny snail.
• African: Giant African snails should be kept indoors, in a warm place.

Modifies a noun

• mail: Snail mail may be sent via the postal boxes located on each campus.
• porridge: The first problem with snail porridge ( apart from the name ) was getting hold of the snails.
• shell: Snail shell, the occupant probably removed by a bird!
• pace: For the latter, pretty much the same - except at a Fabian's snail pace of change.
• trail: Incidentally, did anyone hear about the snail trail theory?

Noun used with modifier

• whorl: The Giant's Causeway National Nature Reserve supports the only known population of narrow-mouthed whorl snail in Northern Ireland.
• freshwater: There are 52 species of freshwater snails found in Britain.
• apple: Can anyone tell me what enjoyment is to be had out of keeping apple snails?
• mud: Mudflats have an abundance of invertebrates such as ragworm and mud snails and the channels contain fish such as bass, flounders and gobies.
• pond: The pond snail has lungs which it fills with gulps of air.
• sea: Population stability of the sea snail at the southern edge of its range.