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  • 1 snail

    [sneil]
    (a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell: Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.) gliemezis
    * * *
    gliemezis; tūļa; spirāle

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  • 2 at a snail's pace

    (very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) gliemeža gaitā
    * * *
    gliemeža gaitā; lēnām

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  • 3 at a snail's gallop

    gliemeža gaitā

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  • 4 slow as a snail , slow as molasses

    lēns kā bruņurupucis

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  • 5 horn

    [ho:n]
    1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) rags
    2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) rags; raga-
    3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) kurpju lāpstiņa
    4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) (gliemeža) ragi; (kukaiņa) taustekļi
    5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) (automašīnas) []taure
    6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) rags; taure
    7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) mežrags
    - - horned
    - horny
    * * *
    rags; ragi, taustekļi; rags, taure; taure; signāltaure; telefons

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  • 6 slug

    I noun
    (a kind of animal like a snail.) gliemis
    - sluggishly
    - sluggishness
    II 1. noun
    (a piece of metal, especially an irregularly shaped lump used as a bullet.) lode
    2. verb
    (to strike (a person) heavily usually causing unconsciousness: The man had been slugged on the back of the neck with a heavy object.) iebelzt; iesist
    * * *
    gliemis; metāla gabals; žetons; lode; malks; salikuma rinda linotipā; plēksne; iekraut, iebelzt; vāļāties, zvilnēt; vilkties; apšaudīt

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  • 7 winkle

    I ['wiŋkl] verb
    (to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) izdabūt; izspiest; izvilkt (noslēpumu)
    II ['wiŋkl] noun
    ((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) jūras gliemezis
    * * *
    ēdamais jūras gliemezis

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  • 8 life-cycle

    noun (the various stages through which a living thing passes: the life-cycle of the snail.) dzīves cikls

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Snail — (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snail — snail; snail·er; snail·ery; snail·ish; snail·ish·ly; …   English syllables

  • snail — [sneıl] n [: Old English; Origin: snAgl] 1.) 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • snail — (n.) O.E. snægl, from P.Gmc. *snagilas (Cf. O.S. snegil, O.N. snigill, M.H.G. snegel, dialectal Ger. Schnegel, O.H.G. snecko, Ger. Schnecke snail ), from root *snag , *sneg to crawl (see SNAKE (Cf. snake) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • snail — [ sneıl ] noun count a small animal that has a soft body, no legs, and a hard shell on its back. Snails move very slowly. at a snail s pace very slowly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • snail — ► NOUN ▪ a slow moving mollusc with a spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • snail — [snāl] n. [ME snaile < OE snægl, akin to Ger dial. schnägel, ON snigill < IE base * sneg , to creep > SNAKE, SNEAK] 1. any of a large number of slow moving gastropods living on land or in water and having a spiral protective shell: some… …   English World dictionary

  • Snail — For other uses, see Snail (disambiguation). For sea snails, see Sea snail. For slugs, see Slug. Helix pomatia, a species of land snail …   Wikipedia

  • snail — [[t]sne͟ɪl[/t]] snails 1) N COUNT A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. 2) PHRASE: PHR after v (emphasis) If you say that someone does something at a snail s pace, you are… …   English dictionary

  • Snail —    1) Heb. homit, among the unclean creeping things (Lev. 11:30). This was probably the sand lizard, of which there are many species in the wilderness of Judea and the Sinai peninsula.    2) Heb. shablul (Ps. 58:8), the snail or slug proper.… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • snail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ aquatic, land, marine, pond, sea, water SNAIL + NOUN ▪ she …   Collocations dictionary

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