Snail (disambiguation)

Snail (disambiguation)

Snail may refer to:

Animals

;Gastropoda
*Snail, one of almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells
*Cone snail or cone shell (family Conidae), one of the predatory marine snails found in coral reefs
*Snail racing, the sport of racing snails against each other

;Fish
*Snail darter, a small (up to 9 cm long) fish native to waters of East Tennessee

;Birds
*Snail Kite, "Rostrhamus sociabilis", a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae

;Hydroid polyps
*Snail fur, "Hydractinia echinata", a covering of predatory hydroid polyps on the outside of old snail shells where the snail has died

peed or pace

*Snail mail, a derogatory retronym used to refer to letters and packages carried by conventional postal delivery services.
*Snail's pace, at a very slow pace or speed

Computer games

*Snails (game), a shooting game by PDAMill for the Pocket PC.
*"Snail Maze", a 1986 video game by Sega, part of the Sega Master System.

Music

*"Snail", a song by "The Smashing Pumpkins" from their 1991 album "Gish".
*"Snails (The Format album)", an EP by The Format.

Other

*Gary the Snail, a character in the Nickelodeon animated 1999 TV series "SpongeBob SquarePants"
*The Snail, a painting by Henri Matisse from 1953
*A slang term for the power source of some rotary snowplows.
*A spiral-shaped cam, used in striking clocks and other mechanisms.


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