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Encyclopedia > Snail (disambiguation)

Look up snail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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Snail may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


Animals

Gastropoda
  • Snail, one of almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells
  • Cone snail or cone shell (family Conidae), one of the predatory marine snails found in coral reefs
  • Snail racing, the sport of racing snails against each other
Fish
  • Snail darter, a small (up to 9 cm long) fish native to waters of East Tennessee
Birds
  • Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis, a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae
Hydroid polyps
  • Snail fur, Hydractinia echinata, a covering of predatory hydroid polyps on the outside of old snail shells where the snail has died

For other uses, see Snail (disambiguation). ... Genera Asprella Chelyconus Conus Floraconus Leptoconus The cone snails or cone shells (family Conidae) are marine snails found in coral reefs. ... Snail racing is a sport that involves the racing of two or more snails. ... Binomial name Percina tanasi Etnier, 1976 The snail darter is a small (up to 9cm long) fish native to waters of East Tennessee. ... Binomial name Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) The Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. ...

Speed or pace

  • Snail mail, a derogatory retronym used to refer to letters and packages carried by conventional postal delivery services.
  • Snail's pace, at a very slow pace or speed

Snail mail is a derogatory retronym (named after the snail with its proverbially slow speed) used to refer to letters and missives carried by conventional postal delivery services, and refers to the inevitable lag-time between dispatch of a letter and its receipt relative to the virtually instantaneous despatch and... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Computer games

  • Snails (game), a shooting game by PDAMill for the Pocket PC.
  • Snail Maze, a 1986 video game by Sega, part of the Sega Master System.

The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Snail Maze is a 1986 video game by Sega, part of the Sega Master System. ...

Other

  • Gary the Snail, a character in the Nickelodeon animated 1999 TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
  • The Snail, a painting by Henri Matisse from 1953

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