AGATE SNAIL

Meaning of AGATE SNAIL in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the variegated colors

: a member of the African family Achatinidae which includes the largest known land mollusks, some reaching 9 or 10 inches in length — compare achatina

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SNAIL — helice. SNAIL'S PACE: passu de helice
English interlingue dictionary
AGATE — agate
English interlingue dictionary
AGATE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs Date: 1570 a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AGATE — Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are characterized …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGATE — I. ˈagə̇t, ˈaig- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs 1. : a fine-grained …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAIL — (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under …
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of …
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AGATE — (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
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AGATE — (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
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AGATE — (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in …
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AGATE — (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( adv. ) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — — snaillike , adj. /snayl/ , n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snægl; akin to Old High German snecko snail, snahhan to creep …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGATE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs Date: 1570 1. : a fine-grained variegated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAIL — noun the pod of the sanil clover. 2. snail ·noun hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. snail …
Webster English vocab
AGATE — adv on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. 2. agate ·noun a kind of …
Webster English vocab
SNAIL — [snail] n [ME, fr. OE snaegl; akin to OHG snecko snail, snahhan to creep] (bef. 12c) 1: a gastropod mollusk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AGATE — [ag.ate] n, often attrib [MF, fr. L achates, fr. Gk achates] (1570) 1: a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AGATE — common semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony (q.v.) that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Agate is …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAIL — snail BrE AmE sneɪ ə l ▷ snails sneɪ ə lz ▶ ˈ snail's pace BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGATE — Agate family name (i) BrE AmE ˈæɡ ət , (ii) BrE AmE ˈeɪɡ ət
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGATE — agate BrE AmE ˈæɡ ət -ɪt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAIL — / sneɪl; NAmE / noun a small soft creature with a hard round shell on its back, that moves very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ] 1 . a small soft creature …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGATE — n. 1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. [F agate, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. snail's pace a very slow …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGATE — n. 1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. [ F …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. Phrases and idioms: snail's pace …
Oxford English vocab
AGATE — n.1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. Etymology: F agate, …
Oxford English vocab
SNAIL — ( snails) 1. A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGATE — ( agates) Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGATE — (~s) Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SNAIL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES snail mail COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shell ▪ Similarly, insects and land snail shells …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGATE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beneath her flat furry belly the big shallow stones had the marble veining of agate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAIL — [noun] [C] - a small thin animal that moves very slowly, eats plants and has a wet skin, no bones, …
Cambridge English vocab
AGATE — n. Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAIL — n. 1. Slug. 2. Drone, idler, sluggard, laggard, slug. 3. Snail-clover, ~-trefoil ( Medicago scutellata ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SNAIL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ aquatic , land , marine , pond , sea , water SNAIL + NOUN ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAIL — • ↑ at a snail's pace
Longman Activator English vocab
AGATE — a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SNAIL — To snail-mail something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?"
Jargon File English vocabulary
SNAIL — сущ. 1) улитка - snail's pace 2) разг. а) тихоход; медлительный человек б) лежебока, лентяй Syn : sluggard 3) тех. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGATE — сущ. 1) минер. агат 2) полигр. амер. агат (шрифт размером в 51/2 пунктов) (минералогия) агат полировальный материал из агата "агат", …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAIL — snail.ogg 1. sneıl n 1. зоол. улитка ( Gastropoda ) 2. тихоход; копун; увалень 3. тех. (плоская) спираль, улитка at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGATE — agate.ogg ʹægət n 1. мин. агат 2. полировальный материал из агата 3. «агат», стеклянный, глиняный, каменный и т. п. шарик …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGATE — агат to set in agate — набирать агатом
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SNAIL — 1. sneıl n 1. зоол. улитка ( Gastropoda ) 2. тихоход; копун; увалень 3. тех. (плоская) спираль, улитка at a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNAIL — сущ. 1) улитка - snail's pace 2) разг. а) тихоход; медлительный человек б) лежебока, лентяй Syn: sluggard 3) тех. плоская …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SNAIL — сущ. 1) улитка - snail's pace 2) разг. а) тихоход; медлительный человек б) лежебока, лентяй Syn: sluggard 3) тех. плоская спираль, улитка •• at a snail's pace — черепашьим шагом
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNAIL — улитка; pl брюхоногие (моллюски) (Gastropoda) - apple snails - black snails - brown garden snail - edible snail - egg snails - finfooted snails - French snail - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNAIL — улитка; pl брюхоногие (моллюски) ( Gastropoda ) - apple snails - black snails - brown garden snail - edible snail …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SNAIL — _n. 1> улитка 2> _собир. тихоход; медлительный человек 3> _тех. спираль; at a snail's pace - черепашьим шагом
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AGATE — 1) полигр. "агат" (шрифт размером 5,5 английского пункта -1,8 мм) 2) рекл. "агат" (рекламное место в газете, равное 1/14 дюйма) See: agate line
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
SNAIL — сущ. 1) улитка - snail's pace 2) разг. а) тихоход; медлительный человек б) лежебока, лентяй Syn : sluggard 3) тех. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGATE — сущ. 1) минер. агат 2) полигр. амер. агат (шрифт размером в 51/2 пунктов) (минералогия) агат полировальный материал из агата "агат", …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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