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snail

  [sneyl]
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–noun
1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
2. a slow or lazy person; sluggard.
3. a cam having the form of a spiral.
4. Midwestern and Western U.S. a sweet roll in spiral form, esp. a cinnamon roll or piece of Danish pastry.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME snail, snayl(e), OE snegel; c. LG snagel, G (dial.) Schnegel

Related forms:
snaillike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

snail 
O.E. snægl, from P.Gmc. *snagilas (cf. O.S. snegil, O.N. snigill, M.H.G. snegel, dial. Ger. Schnegel, O.H.G. snecko, Ger. Schnecke "snail"), from base *snag-, *sneg- "to crawl" (see snake). The word essentially is a dim. form of O.E. snaca "snake," lit. "creeping thing." Also formerly used of slugs. Symbolic of slowness since at least c.1000; snail's pace is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: snail
Pronunciation: 'snA(&)l
Function: noun
: any of various gastropod mollusks and especially those having an external enclosing spiralshell including some which are important in medicine as intermediate hosts of trematodes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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