noun
Meaning 1
snail farming
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heliciculture
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History
Etymology
From helici- + culture, from the genus of snails Helix, from helix, from Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: helicicultura — snail farming
- Finnish: etananviljely — snail farming
- French: héliciculture — snail farming
- German: Schneckenzucht — snail farming
- Greek: σαλιγκαροτροφία (saligkarotrofía) — snail farming
- Italian: elicicoltura — snail farming
- Portuguese: helicicultura — snail farming
- Spanish: helicicultura — snail farming
- Walloon: caracolreye — snail farming
- Walloon: aclevaedje di caracoles — snail farming