NOUN | animal | garden snail | any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix |
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Meaning | Any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests. | |
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Member of | Helix, genus Helix | type genus of the family Helicidae |
Narrower | Helix hortensis | A kind of garden snail |
brown snail, Helix aspersa | serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings | |
Broader | snail | Freshwater or marine or terrestrial / terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell |
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