DECOLLATE SNAIL


Meaning of DECOLLATE SNAIL in English

/dee kol"it, dek"euh lit/

a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails. Also called decollated awl snail .

[ decollata, the specific epithet; see DECOLLATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .