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Language: Old English
Origin: snægl

snail

 noun
     
snail
Related topics: Animals
snail [countable]
1HBA a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back
2

at a snail's pace

extremely slowly:
Traffic was moving at a snail's pace.
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