English-Thai Dictionary

snail

N หอย ทาก  slug hoi-tak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNAIL

n. 1. A slimy slow creeping animal, of the genus Helix, and order of Mollusca. The eyes of this insect are in the horns, one at the end of each, which it can retract at pleasure.
2. A drone; a slow moving person.

 

SNAIL-CLAVER, SNAIL-TREFOIL

n.A plant of the genus Medicago.

 

SNAIL-FLOWER

n.A plant of the genus Phaseolus.

 

SNAIL-LIKE

a.Resembling a snail; moving very slowly.

 

SNAIL-LIKE

adv. In the manner of a snail; slowly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNAIL

Snail, n. Etym: [OE. snaile, AS. sn, snegel, sn; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.]

 

1. (Zoöl.) (a ) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land sanil. (b ) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

 

2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.

 

3. (Mech. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs. ] They had also all manner of gynes [engines ]... that needful is [in ] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected ],... as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. Vegetius (Trans. ).

 

5. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. -- Snail borer (Zoöl.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. -- Snail clover (Bot. ), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata,also, M. Helix ); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. -- Snail flower (Bot. ), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla ) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. -- Snail shell (Zoöl.), the shell of snail. -- Snail trefoil. (Bot. ) See Snail clover, above.

 

SNAILFISH

SNAILFISH Snail "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Sea snail (a ).

 

SNAIL-LIKE

SNAIL-LIKE Snail "-like `, a.

 

Defn: Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.

 

SNAIL-LIKE

SNAIL-LIKE Snail "-like `, adv.

 

Defn: In the manner of a snail; slowly.

 

SNAIL-PACED

SNAIL-PACED Snail "-paced `, a.

 

Defn: Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

snail

snail |snāl sneɪl | ▶noun a mollusk with a single spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. [Most orders in the class Gastropoda. ] • (in metaphorical use ) any person or thing that moves exceedingly slowly: a tedious and complicated process enough to exasperate a snail. DERIVATIVES snail like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English snæg (e )l, of Germanic origin; related to German Schnecke .

 

snail darter

snail dart er ▶noun a small percoid freshwater fish of a type found in US rivers, now nearly extinct.

 

snailfish

snail fish |ˈsnālˌfiSH ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or snailfishes ) a small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose jellylike skin and typically a ventral sucker. Also called sea snail. [Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic. ]

 

snail mail

snail mail |ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl | ▶noun informal the ordinary postal system as opposed to e-mail.

 

snail's pace

snail's pace ▶noun [ in sing. ] an extremely slow speed: he drove at a snail's pace . DERIVATIVES snail-paced adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

snail

snail |sneɪl | ▶noun a mollusc with a single spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. ●Many species in the class Gastropoda. • used in reference to something very slow: he drove at a snail's pace . DERIVATIVES snail-like adjective ORIGIN Old English snæg (e )l, of Germanic origin; related to German Schnecke .

 

snail darter

snail dart er ▶noun a small percoid freshwater fish of a type found in US rivers, now nearly extinct.

 

snailfish

snail |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or snailfishes ) a small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose jelly-like skin and typically a ventral sucker. Also called sea snail. ●Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic.

 

snail mail

snail mail ▶noun [ mass noun ] informal the ordinary postal system as opposed to email.

 

snail's pace

snail's pace ▶noun [ in sing. ] an extremely slow speed: he drove at a snail's pace . DERIVATIVES snail-paced adjective

 

Duden Dictionary

Snailmail

Snail mail , Snail-Mail Substantiv, feminin oft scherzhaft , die Snail-Mail |ˈsneɪlmeɪl ˈsneɪlmeɪl |die Snailmail; Genitiv: der Snailmail, Plural: die Snailmails die Snail-Mail; Genitiv: der Snail-Mail, Plural: die Snail-Mails englisch snail mail, eigentlich = Schneckenpost, aus: snail = Schnecke und mail = Post (sendung )herkömmliche, nicht elektronische Post

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

snail

snail /sneɪl /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〘動 〙カタツムリ ▸ (as ) slow as a snail (カタツムリのように )のろのろした 2 のろま , なまけ者 .3 (時計などの )渦型カム .at a sn à il's p á ce 非常にゆっくりと .～́ m à il (Eメールに対しての )通常郵便 .

 

snail-like

sn á il-l ì ke 形容詞 カタツムリのような .