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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

land snail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
land s-nail
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

land snails (plural) land-snail (alternative) landsnail (alternative)

Questions

What does land snail mean?
Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
Where does land snail come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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