land snail
English
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editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English lond snayl (attested in the plural londe snayles), equivalent to land + snail. Compare water snail, sea snail, etc.
Noun
editland snail (plural land snails)
- Any species of snail that lives on land.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 34:
- The land-snail Achatinella evolved a thousand or more species.
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edit- (snail type): Oahu tree snail