helix pomatia

1. 1.

   one of the chief edible snails

   Synonymsedible snail

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   Part ofHelix

Questions about helix pomatia

What does helix pomatia mean?

helix pomatia means "one of the chief edible snails".

What is another word for helix pomatia?

Close synonyms include edible snail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is helix pomatia a common word?

helix pomatia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.