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ambersnail

ambersnail noun: any member of the genus Oxyloma of air-breathing land snails.

Noun

ambersnail (plural ambersnails)

  1. Any member of the genus Oxyloma of air-breathing land snails.

Forms of ambersnail

pluralambersnails

Origin of ambersnail

From amber + snail.

Words formed from ambersnail

  • blunt ambersnail
  • boundary ambersnail
  • Chesapeake ambersnail
  • coastal plain ambersnail
  • depressed ambersnail
  • Humboldt ambersnail
  • Kanab ambersnail
  • Louisiana ambersnail
  • maritime ambersnail
  • Marshall ambersnail
  • ninepipes ambersnail
  • Niobrara ambersnail
  • oblique ambersnail
  • ruddy ambersnail

Questions about ambersnail

What does ambersnail mean?
Ambersnail means any member of the genus Oxyloma of air-breathing land snails.
What part of speech is ambersnail?
Ambersnail is a noun.
What is the plural of ambersnail?
The plural of ambersnail is ambersnails.

Words near ambersnail in the dictionary

  1. Amberlynn
  2. amberoid
  3. amberoids
  4. amberous
  5. ambers
  6. ambersnail
  7. ambersnails
  8. Amberson
  9. Ambersons
  10. amberware
  11. amberwing

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