Definition of Helix pomatia

1. Noun. One of the chief edible snails.

Exact synonyms: Edible Snail
Generic synonyms: Snail
Group relationships: Genus Helix, Helix
Terms within: Escargot, Snail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helix Pomatia

Helie's bundle
Heliobacter
Heliobacter pylori
Heliopolis
Helios
Heliothis
Heliothis zia
Heliozoa
Heliozoea
Helipterum
Helipterum manglesii
Helisoma trivolvis
Helix aspersa
Helix hortensis
Helix pomatia (current term)
Helkesaite
Helkesaites
Hell
Hell's Half Acre
Hell's Kitchen
Hell Week
Hell hole
Hell holes
Hell no
Hella
Helladic
Helladic civilisation
Helladic civilization
Helladic culture

Literary usage of Helix pomatia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Mucin of Helix pomatia,*—According to HA Landwehr, when the mucin of Helix pomatia is treated with 1 per cent, sulphuric acid, it yields grupe-sugar, ..."

2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"... SNAIL (Helix pomatia). WHEN the shell has its apex directed upwards, and its aperture downwards and towards the reader, its spire, as is the case with ..."

3. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"Helix pomatia. • THE snail is a terrestrial animal, feeding on leaves and other vegetable matter which it rasps off with its toothed tongue or ..."

4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Side view of a Snail, Helix pomatia, the animal being expanded -211 109. ... Helix pomatia, with the pulmonary chamber cut open . 214 111. ..."

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