Snail (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Animals 2 Speed or pace 3 Computer games 4 Music 5 Other

Snail may refer to:

[edit] 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

[edit] Speed 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Music

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

[edit] 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.