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land snail

land snail noun: any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).

land snail: any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.)
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Noun

land snail (plural land snails)

  1. Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
    • The land-snail Achatinella evolved a thousand or more species.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 34

land snail meaning in Vietnamese

land snail in Vietnamese

species of snail that lives on land
ốc sên

Forms of land snail

pluralland snails
alternative formland-snail
alternative formlandsnail

Origin of land snail

Inherited from Middle English lond snayl (attested in the plural londe snayles), equivalent to land + snail. Compare water snail, sea snail, etc.

Questions about land snail

What does land snail mean?
Land snail means any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
What is land snail in Vietnamese?
Land snail in Vietnamese is ốc sên. See Land snail meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is land snail?
Land snail is a noun.
What is the plural of land snail?
The plural of land snail is land snails.

Words near land snail in the dictionary

  1. land sickness
  2. land slug
  3. land slugs
  4. land smock
  5. land smocks
  6. land snail
  7. land snails
  8. land spring
  9. land springs
  10. land surface
  11. land surfaces

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