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/gˈɑrdən sneɪl/ Listen

Garden snail

noun

Any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests.

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... They appear not to be able to free themselves from this mass of bubbles: every shell I have yet found floating in the Indian Ocean possesses these bubbles in a greater or less degree; they were of a purple colour. I have seen the common garden snail in England emit a nearly similar consistency: they also emit a blue or purple liquid, which colours anything ...

— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2) • George Grey

... In Wiltshire, when collected whilst hybernating, snails are soaked in salted water, and then grilled on the bars of the grate. About France the Escargots are dried, and prepared as a lozenge [411] for coughs. Our common garden Snail is the Helix aspersa. On the Continent for many years past the large Apple Snail, together with a reddish-brown slug, the Arion Rufus, has been employed in medicine for colds, sore throats, and a tendency to consumption of the lungs. ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

Words linked to "Garden snail" : Helix aspersa, helix, Helix hortensis, genus Helix, brown snail, snail