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Definition of Snail borer

Snail borer
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.

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- capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) Chilo suppressalis (striped rice stem borer) Chthamalus proteus Coptotermes formos**** (Formosan subterranean termite)...
- oyster borer, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Oyster borers use...
- saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) [43] Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer) [44] Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer) [45] Ctenopharyngodon idella...
- mosquito) Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer) Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly) [1] Anastrepha ludens (Mexican...
- auger cone, the borer s****, or the leader cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies...
- oyster borer", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This species...
- (fruit-tree pinhole borer) Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer) Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer) Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail) Bradybaena...
- Series. Some Laws Regarding Borer On Shabbat and Yom Tov, Rabbi Eli Mansour, DailyHalacha.com. borer.pdf, Rabbi Sedley 7 – Borer – Sorting (selecting, separating)...
- (fruit-tree pinhole borer) Cernuella virgata (Common white snail) Cochlicella acuta (Pointed snail) Cochlicella barbara (Small pointed snail) Cornu aspersum...
- Because fish eat insects and snails, the systems may reduce mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and snail-born parasites such as the...