snail

/sneɪl/ · noun

Meaning

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
(by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
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.
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
The pod of the snail clover.
To move or travel very slowly.

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