land snail

English

A land snail

Alternative forms

• land-snail, landsnail

Noun

land snail (plural land snails)

1. 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.

Hypernyms

• snail, Pulmonata

Hyponyms

• (snail type): Oahu tree snail