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Fungivorous :: Fungivorous (a.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.

Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..

Snail :: Snail (n.) 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..

Snail-paced :: Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail..

Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..

Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..

Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..

Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..

Helix :: Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species..

Achatina :: Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa..

Snail-like :: Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation..

Snail-like :: Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

Snail :: Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.

Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..

Lim Naea :: Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail..

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

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