kotilo — meaning in English

English meaning

• seashell noun The hard outer shell of a sea creature such as a clam, snail, or mussel, especially one found washed up on a beach.
• snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.

Senses

kotilo is used for these senses in English:

• gastropod Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
• seashell The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
• snail Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

snail — full definition

1. noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.
2. noun Informally, a very slow-moving person.
3. verb To move at a very slow pace.

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