SNAIL

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 22

n. Snal. Fr.. limayon. Ger., Schnecke. Any one of various gasteropodous molluscs, especially an individual of the genus Helix. S's are used as food and medicinally. [B; o, 48.] Garden s. See HELIX hortensis. S. shell. Lat., testa cochleae. Fr., coquille de lima^on. The shell of the s.; formerly official as a source of calcium carbonate. [B, 119.] [s. 492]