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snail

[snayl] / sneɪl /
NOUN
mollusk
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Then we slowly snail pace across PCH, and go over Topanga Canyon to get back into the Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Two newly identified snail species have expanded the known diversity of European land snails.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

With years of data showing that people will rent and watch just about anything, Netflix was free to make a home for all the bombs and duds that it previously offered via snail mail.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Madeira government had asked the Chester Zoo experts to help with the snail conservation.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

I didn’t need snail slime in my hair; I already had it smeared across my life.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

They were the first invertebrates -- a broad group of animals including spiders, snails and worms -- shown to use celestial navigation for such long trips.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The venom peptides that snakes and snails use are built as closed loops, which is what lets them survive intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Two newly identified snail species have expanded the known diversity of European land snails.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Hughes said the snails were "something to preserve and cherish like Egyptian artefacts".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Crabs and snails crawled out from under stones!

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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