land snail

English

A land snail

Alternative forms

land-snail, landsnail

Noun

land snail (plural land snails)

Any species of snail that lives on land.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
  The land-snail Achatinella evolved a thousand or more species.

Translations

species of snail that lives on land

Chinese:
Mandarin: 陸生蝸牛, 陆生蜗牛 (lùshēng wōniú), 蝸牛, 蜗牛 (wōniú)

Finnish: maaetana
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Hypernyms

snail, Pulmonata

Hyponyms

(snail type): Oahu tree snail

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