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snail
snail name commonly used for a gastropod mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat both plant and animal matter; others eat only one type of food. Respiration is carried on by gills in the aquatic species; terrestrial forms ... Read more
fluke
fluke parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm . Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that resists digestion by the host. In mo... Read more
gastropod
gastropod member of the class Gastropoda, the largest and most successful class of mollusks (phylum Mollusca ), containing over 35,000 living species and 15,000 fossil forms. The shell of gastropods is of one piece (called univalve) and usually coiled or spiraled as in snails , periwinkles , co... Read more
kite
kite in zoology, common name for a bird of the family Accipitridae, which also includes the hawk . Kites are found near water and marshes in warm parts of the world. They prey chiefly on reptiles, frogs, and insects. The swallow-tailed, white-tailed, and Mississippi kites are found in the Gulf sta... Read more
slug
slug name for a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in which the characteristic molluscan shell is reduced to a thin plate embedded in the tissues. Like the terrestrial snails of the same order, slugs have a distinct head with a mouth, tentacles bearing eyes, and a lung for breathing air. They move on ... Read more
schistosomiasis
schistosomiasis , bilharziasis, or snail fever, parasitic disease caused by blood flukes, trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. Three species are human parasites: S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. haematobium. The disease is prevalent in Asia, some Pacific islands, Africa, the Wes... Read more
backswimmer
backswimmer common name for water bugs of the cosmopolitan family Notonectidae, so named because they swim upside down, usually near the surface of the water. They have oval bodies and long, oarlike hind legs, with which they swim rapidly, but their backs are more convex than those of the water b... Read more
whelk
whelk large marine gastropod snail found in temperate waters. The whelk is sometimes eaten, but when food is plentiful, fishermen frequently use it for bait. Whelks are scavengers and carnivores, equipped with an extensible proboscis, tipped with a filelike radula, with which they bore holes thro... Read more
firefly
firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. They are nocturnal in their behavior, and males commonly fly about in the evening duri... Read more
duiker
duiker , name for members of a group of small, light antelopes , found in thick brush and forest over most of Africa. All stand under 25 in. (64 cm) high at the shoulder. They have arched backs, pointed faces, and short, sharp, straight horns; in most species the horns are present in both sexes. So... Read more

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Snails
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Snails Snails are mollusks typically with a coiled, more or less helical, shell as their most conspicuous external feature. When active, snails creep on a broad muscular foot, and display a head with eyes and sensory...
Mollusks
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...Among the more familiar mollusks are snails, whelks, conchs, clams, mussels...the class Gastropoda, which includes snails with a coiled shell, and others lacking...freshwater. Several groups of freshwater snails then produced species adapted to life...
snail
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Eyes are borne on stalks or tentacles. Many snails, including all land snails, are hermaphroditic, but the majority of the...muscular base, or foot. Marine and terrestrial snails are eaten in various parts of the world. Snails...
molluscs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...of invertebrate animals that includes snails, bivalves, and squid . Some are pelagic...corresponds to the flat process on which snails crawl) is developed into large swimming...or have two shells (bivalves). The snails (Gastropoda) crawl over the bottom on...
Schistosomiasis
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...their life cycle growing in freshwater snails before they enter and cause in humans...stages on their way to adulthood, and both snails and humans play important roles in that...into a , and if the right type of aquatic snails live in that water, the larva will find...
Slugs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...common name for a group of terrestrial snails like molluscs with little or no external...fresh water that lack the gills of most snails, but generally have a “ lung...morning. Sea slugs are also shell-less snails, but they are much more colorful and...
mollusc
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...the phylum Mollusca. They include the snails , clams and squids , and a host of less...gastropods , chitons , univalves ( slugs and snails), bivalves , tusk shells, and cephalopod...molluscs. The head is well developed only in snails and in the cephalopods. The visceral...
Perkin, William Henry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...unappealing on principle; others, such as the glandular mucus of snails, were difficult to obtain and outrageously expensive. Indeed, the purple color extracted from snails was once so dear that only the very highest echelons of society could...
Worms
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...salmincola. The life cycles of all flukes involve freshwater snails as an intermediate host. Flukes are contracted by ingestion...bamboo shoots, etc.), or raw or inadequately cooked fish or snails. The eggs or larva mature into adult worms in the intestines...
fluke
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sinensis, has a life cycle that requires two intermediate hosts, snails and fish. The eggs pass out of humans via the feces. They survive if they are deposited in water and eaten by snails. The larvae invade the soft tissues of the snail from the digestive...

Dictionary entries related to "Snails"

Buonanni, Filippo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...naturalist Martin Lister that “ snails are generated by coition, which we observed...indeed, provided drawings of the eggs of snails, some of which visibly contained minuscule snails. Redi, because of Buonanni ’ s...
Escargatoire
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Escargatoire a nursery for snails, 1705, hence, a large number of snails.
Hyatt, Alpheus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...an important treatise on North American sponges (1877). He was working on the evolution and zoogeogrphy of Hawaiian tree snails at the time of his death. It is as an evolutionary theorist, however, that he is best known. He was among the gifted group...
Morse, Edward Sylvester
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...From his childhood interest in shells, Morse went on to considerable work with mollusks, including pioneering studies on land snails of Maine. He soon specialized in brachiopods, which were then considered mollusks. Through detailed studies on the anatomy...
Rout, Route
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms ...1579; of roiters, 1750; of ruffians and robbers, 1568; of worldly and gallant servants, 1491; of sheep, 1821; of snails, 1440; of soldiers; of strangers, 1737; of the wicked, 1561; of wolves, 1275; of words and actions, 1624.
aestivation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology aestivation ( estivation ) Dormancy or sluggishness that occurs in some animals (e.g. snails and hagfish) during a period when conditions are hot and dry. Aestivation is analogous to hibernation in cold environments and normally lasts the length of the dry period or season.
Gastropoda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology Gastropoda A class of molluscs that includes the snails, whelks, limpets, land and sea slugs, and conches. Molluscs have a well-developed head with tentacles, a large flattened...
Reuss, August Emanuel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Ostracoda of the Permian in Bohemia and Germany; corals and crabs of the Alpine Triassic: Bryozoa, corals, sponges, crabs, and snails of the Polish, Moravian, and Alpine Jurassic: and fishes and many invertebrate groups of the Cretaceous, not only of Bohemia...
Tribe
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms ...children, 1835; of critics, 1843; of chronical diseases, 1744; of goats — Brewer ; of medicines, 1822; of nieces, 1909; of vulgar politicians, 1796; of savages; of snails and worms, 1731; of sparrows; of whales, 1820.
Walk
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Walk a procession, hence, the group in the procession; the procession participating in the beating of parish boundaries, 1563. Examples: walk of snails; of snipe (a flock), 1486.

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Snails Pace the Path to Profit; Escargot Ranchers Riding Herd to Yuppie Market
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/5/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...to develop a process to transform the snails-which were first brought to the Pacific...company harvested and processed 5 million snails-or 25 tons. The company earned about $100,000 in revenue, shipping the snails across the country to restaurants and...
Snails: from menu to menace: one population of 'gastronomic gastropods' plagued a Los Angeles structure.(Technologies)
Magazine article from: Pest Control; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; When I received the call about snails plastering the walls of a building in...of pest infestation levels. I'd seen snails on exterior walls in Southern California...I learned that there were thousands of snails on the walls of this particular structure...
SNAILS CRAWL BACK FROM EDGE; POPULATION OF STATE'S MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES GROWS AT CHITTENANGO FALLS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/13/2002; 700+ words ; ...Early results indicate the dime-sized snails may be increasing in population for the...The census found 104 of the striped snails at their only known habitat in the world...the population had fewer than 25 adult snails. Five years ago, an early summer survey...
Garden snails as escargots. (recipes)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 5/1/1988; 700+ words ; Garden snails as escargots Slithering through your garden...known as petit-gris. Stalking the snail Snails are strictly nocturnal. By day they hide...For easiest collecting, create an area snails will like. Prop a wide board about 2 inches...
For Snails, The Slimelight Is Fleeting
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...containing two heads of cabbage and about 20 brown snails. This is the big time for snails with art-world aspirations, being part of a...get Web time," you can practically hear the snails mutter.) "Palimpsest" is up through Jan...
Supercharged snails for stream ecology & water-quality studies
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Gill-breathing freshwater snails (Family Pleuroceridae) are ecologically...under classroom conditions. These snails can be used in classroom tests to demonstrate...advanced classes, students can cage the snails or use tag-release-recapture methods...
Marine snails.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 9/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...share, as opposed to their differences. All snails are part of the Animal Kingdom and of the phylum called Mollusca. There are some snails that live in marine habitats (marine snails) and those that live on land (land snails...
Giant snails found in schools
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/29/2004; ; 700+ words ; Giant snails found in schools, pet shops African mollusks...mollusks and their eggs in the state. The snails' gluttonous appetites pose a threat to...transmit meningitis. Hermaphrodites, the snails reproduce prolifically without a mate...
HARM FROM SNAILS HAS YET TO BE SEEN.(Sports)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 5/3/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Mountain News Whether New Zealand mud snails, discovered in two locations in Colorado...wading boots and scanning for tiny brown snails for years to come. The invasive species...surveyed the reach Friday and found more snails. Division pathologist Peter Walker identified...
Slippery slimy snails: is it a snail, a slug or an escargot?
Magazine article from: Kidsworld Magazine; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; Snails and slugs belong to a family called mollusks...because they have no backbones. Escargots are snails -- shells and all -- that are actually "farmed" in controlled environments so the snails are very clean and healthy to eat. These...