snail

English Thesaurus

1. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gastropod, univalve,
definition	:	a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	scorpion shell,
definition	:	any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	edible snail, helix pomatia,
definition	:	one of the chief edible snails (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	garden snail,
definition	:	any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests (noun.animal)

2. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic (noun.food)

hypernym	:	meat,
definition	:	the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food (noun.food)

substance meronym	:	edible snail, helix pomatia,
definition	:	one of the chief edible snails (noun.animal)

3. gather snails (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	collect, garner, gather, pull together,
definition	:	assemble or get together (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	whelk,
definition	:	gather whelk (verb.competition)

4. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal)

derivation	:	snail, snail,
definition	:	gather snails (verb.contact)

5. gather snails (verb.contact)

derivation	:	snail,
definition	:	freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal)

derivation	:	escargot, snail,
definition	:	edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic (noun.food)

6. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal)

derivation	:	snail, snail,
definition	:	gather snails (verb.contact)

7. gather snails (verb.contact)

derivation	:	snail,
definition	:	freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal)

derivation	:	escargot, snail,
definition	:	edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic (noun.food)