snail
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
Types & categories
- gastropod hypernym
- scorpion shell hyponym
- edible snail hyponym
- garden snail hyponym
Related & opposite
- snail derivation
Sense 2 verb
gather snails
We went snailing in the summer
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Sense 3 noun
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Types & categories
- meat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- edible snail substance holonym
Related & opposite
- snail derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gastropod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scorpion shell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | edible snail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden snail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | escargot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whelk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snail |
| 3 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | edible snail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | meat |