snail
Any of very many animals, of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shellAny of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
» You shouldn't eat raw snails.
Нельзя есть сырых улиток.
Не стоит есть сырых улиток.
Не треба їсти сирих равликів.
Meaning
6 sensesAny of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
Schnecke, Gehäuseschnecke
ули́ткаulítka
ра́вликrávlyk, слима́кslymák
(broadly, informal)A slow person; a sluggard.
Schnecke
тихохо́дtixoxód, копу́шаkopúša
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.
(historical)A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
The pod of the snail clover.
A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.
- freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Examples
101 sentencesYou shouldn't eat raw snails.
Не треба їсти сирих равликів.
ruНельзя есть сырых улиток.
These snails are edible.
Ці равлики їстівні.
ruЭти улитки съедобны.
deDiese Schnecken kann man essen.
Tom doesn't like snails.
Том не любить равликів.
deTom mag keine Schnecken.
Tom picked up the snail and looked at it carefully.
A snail can sleep for as long as three years at a time.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilFrom Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel,
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