"land snail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: land snails [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lond snayl (attested in the plural londe snayles), equivalent to land + snail. Compare water snail, sea snail, etc. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|lond snayl|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English lond snayl, {{inh+|en|enm|lond snayl}} Inherited from Middle English lond snayl, {{m|enm|londe snayles}} londe snayles, {{com|en|land|snail}} land + snail, {{m|en|water snail}} water snail, {{m|en|sea snail}} sea snail Head templates: {{en-noun}} land snail (plural land snails)
  1. Any species of snail that lives on land. Wikipedia link: land snail Categories (lifeform): Snails Synonyms: land-snail, landsnail Hypernyms: snail, Pulmonata Hyponyms (snail type): Oahu tree snail Translations (species of snail that lives on land): σέσιλος (sésilos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 蝸牛 (Chinese Cantonese), 蜗牛 (wo¹ ngau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 陸生蝸牛 (Chinese Mandarin), 陆生蜗牛 (lùshēng wōniú) (Chinese Mandarin), 蝸牛 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜗牛 (wōniú) (Chinese Mandarin), maaetana (Finnish), ကၞုနူတိ (Mon), ốc sên (Vietnamese)

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