snail
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- //sneɪl//
- /[sn̥eɪ̯ɫ]/
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
sostantivo
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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. […]’
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informaleA slow person; a sluggard.
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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.
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storicoA tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
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The pod of the snail clover.
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A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.
Etimologia
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.
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To move or travel very slowly.
The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.
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snail · Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
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