brown snail

brown snail
noun
serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Syn: ↑Helix aspersa
Hypernyms: ↑garden snail
Member Holonyms: ↑Helix, ↑genus Helix

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noun
: a common and now nearly cosmopolitan snail (Helix aspersa) having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings and being a serious garden pest in some areas

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