[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

snail \snail\ sn=al, n. oe. snaile, as. snaegel, snegel,
   snaegl; akin to g. schnecke, ohg. snecko, dan. snegl, icel.
   snigill.
   1. zool.
      a any one of numerous species of terrestrial
          air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus helix
          and many allied genera of the family helicidae. 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.
          1913 webster

   2. hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. a tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
      protect besiegers; a testudo. obs.
      1913 webster

            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..
      1913 webster

   5. bot. the pod of the sanil clover.
      1913 webster

   ear snail, edible snail, pond snail, etc. see under
      ear, edible, etc.

   snail borer zool., a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.

   snail clover bot., a cloverlike plant medicago
      scuttellata, also, medicago helix; -- so named from
      its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called
      also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.

   snail flower bot., a leguminous plant phaseolus
      caracalla having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
      like a snail shell.

   snail shell zool., the shell of snail.

   snail trefoil. bot. see snail clover, above.
      1913 webster
see also:
helicidae pond snail pond sea snail ear snail edible snail 
ear edible snail borer snail clover medicago scuttellata 
medicago helix snail trefoil snail medic beehive snail flower 
phaseolus caracalla snail shell snail trefoil 

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