Plural of snail
regular plural
The plural of snail is snails.
Forms of snail
| Singular | snail /sneɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | snails |
| Countable | countable |
Snails in a sentence
- The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.From the entry consumption
- We spot several routs of snails moving around, half buried in the sandy beach.2022 December 15, Tania Banerjee, “Offbeat Mumbai: A shorewalk in Juhu”, in Azure Sky Follows. From the entry rout
- Mandarin ducks feed mainly on insects, snails, fish, plants and seeds.2019, Kate Baker, Wild In The City, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry mandarin duck
- For years I had been carrying the burden of molluscophobia, an extreme fear of snails.2017, Maria Hocking, “Finding Self Love”, in Strip Naked and Re-Dress with Happiness: How to Survive and Thrive Through Personal…. From the entry molluscophobia
- Sea butterflies are pteropods: sea snails that swim by flapping pad-like ‘feet’ which have grown into wings.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 284. From the entry sea butterfly
Meaning of snail
- noun Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- noun A slow person; a sluggard.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of snail
- What is the plural of snail?
- The plural of snail is snails.
- Is snail countable?
- Snail is a countable noun.
Source and license
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