land snail

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English

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A land snail
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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English lond snayl (attested in the plural londe snayles), equivalent to land +‎ snail. Compare water snail, sea snail, etc.

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land snail (plural land snails)

  1. Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 34:
      The land-snail Achatinella evolved a thousand or more species.

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