English Explanatory Dictionary

land snail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).

Word forms

land snail land snails land-snail landsnail

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lond snayl (attested in the plural londe snayles), equivalent to land + snail. Compare water snail, sea snail, etc.

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