5. (Bot.)
Defn: The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond
snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc.
— Snail borer (Zoöl.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
— Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata,
also, M. Helix); — so named from its pods, which resemble the shells
of snails; — called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.
— Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla)
having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell.
— Snail shell (Zoöl.), the shell of snail.
— Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
SNAILFISH
Snail"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Sea snail (a).
SNAIL-LIKE
Snail"-like`, a.
Defn: Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
SNAIL-LIKE
Snail"-like`, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a snail; slowly.
SNAIL-PACED
Snail"-paced`, a.
Defn: Slow-moving, like a snail.
Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.