'Water snail' definitions:

Definition of 'Water snail'

From: GCIDE
  • Water snail \Wa"ter snail`\
  • 1. (Zool.) Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mech.) The Archimedean screw. [R.] [1913 Webster]