Snail Definition

snāl

snails

noun

snails

Any of a large number of slow-moving gastropods living on land or in water and having a spiral protective shell: some kinds are used as food.

Webster's New World

Any lazy, slow-moving person or animal.

Webster's New World

(engineering) 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.

Wiktionary

(military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

Wiktionary

The pod of the snail clover.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Snail

Noun

Singular:

snail

Plural:

snails

Origin of Snail

From the Middle English snegge, from the Old English snægel from the Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English snægl

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition