English Explanatory Dictionary

snail king

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A snail possessing a sinistral shell, from a species in which dextral shells are the norm.

Word forms

snail king snail kings

Etymology

Calque of German Schneckenkönig (“snail king”)

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