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Phaseolus Caracalla
Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicid[ae]. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. Snail borer (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, M. Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. Snail shell (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.

Meaning of Acalla from wikipedia

- Now-invalid scientific names (junior synonyms and others) of Epinotia are: Acalla Hübner, [1825] Astatia Hübner, 1825 Asthenia Hübner, 1825 Cartella Stephens...
- Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Genus: Acleris Species: A. bacurana Binomial name Acleris bacurana (Turati, 1934) Synonyms Acalla bacurana Turati, 1934...
- Late Pleistocene-early Holocene) †Damaliscus niro †Damalacra †Damalacra acalla †Damalborea †Damalborea elisabethae †Damalops †Damalops palaeindicus †Megalotragus...
- argenteostrigana Sheldon, 1930 Acalla hastiana ab. atra Dufrane, 1933 Tortrix autumnana Hubner, [1814-1817] Teras basilinea Fettig, 1882 Acalla hastiana ab. bentincki...
- 1845 Teras lutiplaga Rebel, in Staudinger & Wocke, 1901 Acalla mitterbergeriana Hauder, 1914 Acalla nigricana Hauder, 1913 Tortrix opacana Hubner, [1832–1833]...
- (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Synonyms Teras comariana Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Acalla baracola Matsumura, 1931 Peronea comariana ab. brunneana Sheldon, 1925 Peronea...
- Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Genus: Acleris Species: A. amurensis Binomial name Acleris amurensis (Caradja, 1928) Synonyms Acalla amurensis Caradja, 1928...
- Godart, 1842 Teras lucidana Treitschke, 1830 Acalla olseniana L****n, 1927 Peronea similana Curtis, 1834 Acalla rufana ab. wolfschlageriana Hauder, 1918...
- Peronea variegana Acalla variegana Tortrix variegana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775 Peronea albana Humphreys & Westwood, 1845 Acalla variegana f. alpicolana...
- 1828 Tortrix decosseana Ragonot, 1894 Tortrix modeeriana Zetterstedt, 1839 Acalla pedemontana Della Beffa, 1934 Paramesia subtripunctulana Stephens, 1831...