| 单词 | house snail |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse snail house snail n. †(a) a terrestrial snail that has a shell (as distinct from a slug) (obsolete); (b) a snail that lives in and around human houses and gardens; esp. the garden snail, Helix aspersa, and the edible snail, H. pomatia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Helicidae > member of sneg1340 limacea1492 cochle?1527 house snail1562 shell-snail1600 hoddy-dod1601 land-winkle1601 hodmandod1626 snag1674 vine-snail1829 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. xxxvjv, in Bulwarke of Defence Take asshes of Dill, of burnte Leade, and..of Creuis shelles, or house Snailes burnt. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xviii. 154 These are called House-snailes, either because they so carrie their houses vpon their backe..or because vsually they breed about old houses. 1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature 73/1 The genital organs are thrust out of the neck, in the same manner as the house Snail. 1847 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 19 70 They move out of the water at a steady pace, about half as fast as a house snail. 2003 S. Whiteside tr. P. Faas Around Rom. Table (2005) ii. vi. 291 The Romans enjoyed the vineyard snails that are still popular today and smaller varieties like house-snails. < as lemmas |
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