Snail
noun
A small creature with a soft body, a hard shell on its back, and moves very slow.
We watched a snail crawling on the leaf.
Often appears as...
- snail shell
- snail pace
noun
Someone or something that moves or does things very slowly.
The project is moving at a snail's pace.
Often appears as...
- snail's pace
- slow as a snail
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Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Type of food, usually eaten in France, cooked from the meat of certain types of snails.
He shuddered at the thought of eating snails.
Often appears as...
- eat snails
- snails with garlic butter
noun
A small creature with a soft body, a hard shell on its back, and moves very slow.
We watched a snail crawling on the leaf.
Often appears as...
- snail shell
- snail pace
noun
Someone or something that moves or does things very slowly.
The project is moving at a snail's pace.
Often appears as...
- snail's pace
- slow as a snail
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Type of food, usually eaten in France, cooked from the meat of certain types of snails.
He shuddered at the thought of eating snails.
Often appears as...
- eat snails
- snails with garlic butter
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visibility in Literature
Snails often symbolize slowness in stories, especially in children's tales.
The snail character in the book taught patience.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
A snail can represent someone slow, not just in movement but in understanding.
He’s a nice guy, but a bit of a snail when it comes to technology.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
In some cultures, snails symbolize positive qualities like perseverance.
Despite being a snail in the race, he never gave up.
Pro Tip 1/3Visibility in Literature
Snails often symbolize slowness in stories, especially in children's tales.
The snail character in the book taught patience.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
A snail can represent someone slow, not just in movement but in understanding.
He’s a nice guy, but a bit of a snail when it comes to technology.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
In some cultures, snails symbolize positive qualities like perseverance.
Despite being a snail in the race, he never gave up.
Pro Tip 1/3Visibility in Literature
Snails often symbolize slowness in stories, especially in children's tales.
The snail character in the book taught patience.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
A snail can represent someone slow, not just in movement but in understanding.
He’s a nice guy, but a bit of a snail when it comes to technology.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
In some cultures, snails symbolize positive qualities like perseverance.
Despite being a snail in the race, he never gave up.
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Why are human bodies...
and more common than you might think, from crabs with one giant pincer claw to snail species whose shells' always coil in the same direction. Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside,
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How do animals...
But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them. And the more different an animal is from us, the harder it is to understand their experience. How do you tell whether a shrimp is in pain? A snake? A snail?
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Emmanuel Jal: The music...
And why are my people poor. And why, why when the rest of the children were learning how to read and write, I was learning how to fight. I ate snails, vultures, rabbits, snakes, and anything that had life. I was ready to eat.
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Poison in a Cone PIPE...
when a meal happens by the cone snail fires its harpoon the poisons quickly paralyze the fish once its prey is helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole
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The Strange and...
before I go further I get this question all the time what are slugs slugs are snails I define part of my mission as the spokesperson for land snails my goal is helping people become ecologically
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What lives in ice? PIPE...
snails bacteria and that these plus the algae are harvested by this gorgeous and firoozeh and it's an amphipod as well as copepods and other larger animals which in turn supports larger
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Giant Horse Conch &...
But out on the flats, the scent of dying snail wafts away on the tide. It's a scent that these hermit crabs are partial to. It's vital that the crabs have the best possible protection
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Earth's Hidden Volcanos...
from cannibal crabs to giant snails life here has found a way to thrive amongst the toxic plumes and it's all thanks to the smallest
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Killer Cone Snails PIPE...
helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole
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The Blue Planet...
sensing the approaching danger the snail flees but in a world of snail paces the
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
and more common than you might think, from crabs with one giant pincer claw to snail species whose shells' always coil in the same direction. Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside,
Video examples
How do animals...
But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them. And the more different an animal is from us, the harder it is to understand their experience. How do you tell whether a shrimp is in pain? A snake? A snail?
Video examples
Emmanuel Jal: The music...
And why are my people poor. And why, why when the rest of the children were learning how to read and write, I was learning how to fight. I ate snails, vultures, rabbits, snakes, and anything that had life. I was ready to eat.
Video examples
Poison in a Cone PIPE...
when a meal happens by the cone snail fires its harpoon the poisons quickly paralyze the fish once its prey is helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole
Video examples
The Strange and...
before I go further I get this question all the time what are slugs slugs are snails I define part of my mission as the spokesperson for land snails my goal is helping people become ecologically
Video examples
What lives in ice? PIPE...
snails bacteria and that these plus the algae are harvested by this gorgeous and firoozeh and it's an amphipod as well as copepods and other larger animals which in turn supports larger
Video examples
Giant Horse Conch &...
But out on the flats, the scent of dying snail wafts away on the tide. It's a scent that these hermit crabs are partial to. It's vital that the crabs have the best possible protection
Video examples
Earth's Hidden Volcanos...
from cannibal crabs to giant snails life here has found a way to thrive amongst the toxic plumes and it's all thanks to the smallest
Video examples
Killer Cone Snails PIPE...
helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
sensing the approaching danger the snail flees but in a world of snail paces the
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Quote examples
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it.
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Graham Elliot
American Chef
I think that for me, growing up, my dad was in the Navy; we went all over the world. I love things the weirder the better. The idea I could eat things like snails or frogs legs or things like that was mind-blowingly cool.
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Heidi Klum
German Model
Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.
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Sharyl Attkisson
American Journalist
A wiretap allows government agents to collect, listen to, read, rifle through and store emails, snail mail, phone calls, text messages, photographs, bank records - you name it.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.
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Ivan Turgenev
Russian Novelist
Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.
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Billy Collins
American Poet
I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it.
Quote examples
Graham Elliot
American Chef
I think that for me, growing up, my dad was in the Navy; we went all over the world. I love things the weirder the better. The idea I could eat things like snails or frogs legs or things like that was mind-blowingly cool.
Quote examples
Heidi Klum
German Model
Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.
Quote examples
Sharyl Attkisson
American Journalist
A wiretap allows government agents to collect, listen to, read, rifle through and store emails, snail mail, phone calls, text messages, photographs, bank records - you name it.
Quote examples
James Stephens
Irish Poet
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
Quote examples
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.
Quote examples
Ivan Turgenev
Russian Novelist
Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.
Quote examples
Billy Collins
American Poet
I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.
Quote examples
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
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