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snailless

snailless adjective: without snails.

Adjective

snailless (not comparable)

  1. Without snails.
    • The possibility of cattle or horses transporting small snails in mud or wisps of weed on their hooves from another pond seems most unlikely, as the only other pond in the field is permanently foul and snailless[…]1960, Journal of Conchology, volume 24, page 310

Origin of snailless

From snail + -less.

Questions about snailless

What does snailless mean?
Snailless means without snails.
What part of speech is snailless?
Snailless is an adjective.

Words near snailless in the dictionary

  1. snailiest
  2. snailing
  3. snailish
  4. snailishly
  5. snailkind
  6. snailless
  7. snaillike
  8. snailmail
  9. snails
  10. snailshell
  11. snailshells

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