mud snailn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌd ˌsneɪl/, U.S.

/ˈməd ˌsneɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, snail n.¹

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + snail n.¹

Any of various snails found in mud; spec. (a) either of two European pond snails of the genus Lymnaea (family Lymnaeidae), the slender-shelled L. glabra and (less commonly) L. trunculata; (b) New Zealand a pulmonate, Amphibola crenata (family Amphibolidae), found on mudflats in New Zealand; (c) a snail of the marine family Nassariidae; (d) a tiny European spire shell, Hydrobia ulvae (family Hydrobiidae).

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water snail1548

ramshorn snail1778

physa1834

mud snail1890

trumpet-snail1901

1890 Cent. Dict. Mud-snail, same as pond-snail.

1901 Science 30 Aug. 318/1 On the lower beach the zonal distribution of animals is striking. Just above the water are found the scavenger mud snails.

1926 A. E. Ellis Brit. Snails 111 L[imnæa] glabra... Mud Snail... L. glabra inhabits ponds and ditches, and frequently lives in places which are left dry in summer.

1947 A. W. B. Powell Native Animals N.Z. 30 Mud Snail... The Maoris of old esteemed this shellfish as a food and called it Titiko.

1972 Country Life 2 Mar. 524/3 The damp and muddy slopes where they [sc. liver-flukes] can find their next host..the species of snail called the mud-snail, or..Lymnaea trunculata.

1983 D. Gunson Collins Guide to Seashore 91 Here too, in the quiet waters of estuaries and mudflats, is the mud snail Amphibola crenata (25 mm), its shell a strongly-ridged and box-like structure.

1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) viii. 162 (caption) Variation of mortality rates with age and size, as exemplified by..the mud snail Hydrobia ulvae, which produces only 350–3500 [eggs] per female.

1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) x. 488/1 Superfamily Buccinacea. A large assemblage of forms having shells with a short siphonal canal. Whelks (Buccinidae)... Mud snails (Nassariidae).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mud snail
释义	mud snailn. Brit. /ˈmʌd ˌsneɪl/, U.S. /ˈməd ˌsneɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, snail n.¹ Etymology: < mud n.¹ + snail n.¹ Any of various snails found in mud; spec. (a) either of two European pond snails of the genus Lymnaea (family Lymnaeidae), the slender-shelled L. glabra and (less commonly) L. trunculata; (b) New Zealand a pulmonate, Amphibola crenata (family Amphibolidae), found on mudflats in New Zealand; (c) a snail of the marine family Nassariidae; (d) a tiny European spire shell, Hydrobia ulvae (family Hydrobiidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Limnaeidae or Planorbidae > member of water snail1548 ramshorn snail1778 physa1834 mud snail1890 trumpet-snail1901 1890 Cent. Dict. Mud-snail, same as pond-snail. 1901 Science 30 Aug. 318/1 On the lower beach the zonal distribution of animals is striking. Just above the water are found the scavenger mud snails. 1926 A. E. Ellis Brit. Snails 111 L[imnæa] glabra... Mud Snail... L. glabra inhabits ponds and ditches, and frequently lives in places which are left dry in summer. 1947 A. W. B. Powell Native Animals N.Z. 30 Mud Snail... The Maoris of old esteemed this shellfish as a food and called it Titiko. 1972 Country Life 2 Mar. 524/3 The damp and muddy slopes where they [sc. liver-flukes] can find their next host..the species of snail called the mud-snail, or..Lymnaea trunculata. 1983 D. Gunson Collins Guide to Seashore 91 Here too, in the quiet waters of estuaries and mudflats, is the mud snail Amphibola crenata (25 mm), its shell a strongly-ridged and box-like structure. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) viii. 162 (caption) Variation of mortality rates with age and size, as exemplified by..the mud snail Hydrobia ulvae, which produces only 350–3500 [eggs] per female. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) x. 488/1 Superfamily Buccinacea. A large assemblage of forms having shells with a short siphonal canal. Whelks (Buccinidae)... Mud snails (Nassariidae). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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