SNAIL


Meaning of SNAIL in English

snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ]

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.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.