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Thesaurus: water snail

Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.

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Definitions

  1. Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.
  2. The Archimedean screw.
  3. 1. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa, and allied genera; a pond snail. 2. (Mech.) The Archimedean screw. [R.]
  4. Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa,and allied genera; a pond snail.