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What is the noun for snails?

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snail
  1. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
  2. (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
  3. (engineering) 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. (military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
  5. The pod of the snail clover.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I spotted a snail slowly inching its way across the garden path, its spiral shell gleaming in the sunlight.”
      “Jason is such a snail when it comes to completing his assignments; he always takes ages to finish them.”
snailery
  1. A place where snails are bred or kept.
snailshell
  1. The shell of a snail.
snailshells
  1. plural of snailshell
snaileries
  1. plural of snailery
snails
  1. plural of snail
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In the spring children catch butterflies, and in the summer they play with aquatic whirhgig beetles, true water beetles, and snails.”
      “They feed on small bony fishes, snails, worms, shrimps, clams, abalone, and crabs.”
      “After they've eaten the snails, they'll use the little bread bits to scoop up the leftover sauce.”
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