cheese snail

noun

Any snail of the genus Helicodonta.

Meanings

nouncheese snail (plural cheese snails)

plural cheese snails

  1. Any snail of the genus Helicodonta.

Origin

The shell resembles a wheel of cheese.

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APA

cheese snail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20snail

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“cheese snail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20snail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheese snail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20snail.

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