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Meaning of snail king | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A snail possessing a sinistral shell, from a species in which dextral shells are the norm.

rare

Examples

“In German-speaking countries, there is a legend that a left-handed snail specimen is a “snail king” — Schneckenkönig.”
“Virtually, almost all snail shells wind in the clockwise direction (mathematically negative) when viewed from above. This is not the case with the "snail king".”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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