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The correct spelling is snail.
How to pronounce snail
/sneɪl/
nounIPA: /sneɪl/
Say it like: Sna-yl
The correct spelling is snail. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. For example: "The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour."
Usage Examples
“The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- 2.(by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- 3.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 or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- 5.The pod of the snail clover.
verb
- 1.To move or travel very slowly.
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