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EDIBLE SNAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edible snail mean? 

EDIBLE SNAIL (noun)
  The noun EDIBLE SNAIL has 1 sense:

1. one of the chief edible snailsplay

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE SNAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EDIBLE SNAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the chief edible snails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

edible snail; Helix pomatia

Hypernyms ("edible snail" is a kind of...):

snail (freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell)

Meronyms (substance of "edible snail"):

escargot; snail (edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic)

Holonyms ("edible snail" is a member of...):

genus Helix; Helix (type genus of the family Helicidae)


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