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1. i. salyangoz. salyangoz. salyangoz. salyangoz. i. salyangoz. salyangoz, sümüklüböcek, yavaş hareket eden kimse, uyuşuk tip, salyangoz dişli çarkı.
2. climbing snail flower salyangoz, Phaseolus caracalla, tembel ve uyuşuk kimse, salyangoz, snailpaced çok yavaş yürüyen; Helix, zool, salyangoz, sümüklüböcek.
3. salyangoz.
4. salyangoz. sümüklüböcek.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English snægl; akin to Old High German snecko snail, snahhan to creep
Pronunciation : 'snA(&)l
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. gastropod mollusk with a coiled shell; slow person, sluggard. snail\snail\ (snāl), n. [oe. snaile, as. sn?gel, snegel, sn?gl; akin to g. schnecke, ohg. snecko, dan. snegl, icel. snigill.].
2. (zo?l.) (a) any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus helix and many allied genera of the family helicid?. they are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. see: pond snail, under pond, and sea snail.
3. hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
4. (mech.) 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.
5. a tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [obs.] they had also all manner of gynes [engines] that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --vegetius (trans.).
6. (bot.) the pod of the sanil clover.
7. Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ.
8. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
9. Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species.
10. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
11. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
12. 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.
13. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
14. The pod of the sanil clover. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer".
15. 1. A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.
16. emphasis If you say that someone does something at a snail's pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly. The train was moving now at a snail's pace. Any species of gastropod that glides along on a broad tapered foot and has a high coiled shell into which it can withdraw. Snails are found in the ocean, in fresh waters, and on land. Most marine snails have gills in the mantle cavity (see: mollusk). Most land and freshwater snails have no gills; they use the mantle cavity itself as a lung. Snails may be either scavengers (of dead plant or animal matter) or predators. Some species are used as food, and the shells of some are used as ornaments. See also limpet, periwinkle, slug, whelk.