snail

(Inglês)

Noun

1. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
2. (broadly, informal) 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. (historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
5. The pod of the snail clover.
6. A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

Verb

To move or travel very slowly.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sneɪl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: snaile

Herdado de inglês arcaico: sneġel

Cognato com baixo alemão: Snagel

Cognato com alemão: Schnegel

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: snigill

In summary

From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel,
Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

Conceitos

caracol

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caramujo

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escargot

arroba

juntar caracóis

Escargot

Sinônimos

slug

escargot

helix

pond snail

spiral shell

shellfish

conch

mollusk

screw

seashell

sloth

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slowcoach

sluggard

snail-shell

winkle

sea slug

slug-abed

nudibranch

buccinum

mollusk

at sign

mollusc

cochlea

freshwater

hermit crab

humming

marine

mollusc

Traduções

escargot

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caracol

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Schnecke

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chiocciola

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lumaca

slak

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cochlea

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huisjesslak

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limaçon

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cargol

ślimak

σαλιγκάρι

salyangoz

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