snail

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

snail [snail snails] BrE [sneɪl] NAmE [sneɪl] noun
a small soft creature with a hard round shell on its back, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants. Some types of snail can be eaten.
Idiom: ↑at a snail's pace

Word Origin:
Old English snæg(e)l, of Germanic origin; related to German Schnecke.

Example Bank:
•Traffic had slowed to a snail's pace.
•the war with the slugs and snails in my garden