1. Freshwater, marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
   "The garden snail left a silvery trail as it moved across the leaf"
    
2. Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
   "snail is a classic French appetizer";
   - escargot

1. Gather snails
   "We went snailing in the summer"

Derived forms: snailed, snailing, snails

Type of: collect, garner, gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, gather, meat, pull together, univalve

Part of: edible snail, Helix pomatia

Encyclopedia: Snail