ADJ
edible | land, marine, pond, sea, water
SNAIL + NOUN
shell
PHRASES
(at) a snail's pace
The old computer processed files at a snail's pace, making it frustrating to use.
noun
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’
A slow person; a sluggard.
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.
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
The pod of the snail clover.
verb
To move or travel very slowly.
The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.
noun — edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on
WiktionaryThe cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.
WiktionaryThe taxi seemed to go as slowly as a snail.
Tatoeba · #40952The snail shot out its horns.
Tatoeba · #326925Bob ate the snail, then vomited.
Tatoeba · #542885The snail draws in its feelers.
Tatoeba · #1593719i Register
In some senses, snail is marked as informal, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.