buffalo vs snail

buffalo

noun
  • The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.). 

  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. 

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. 

  • A nickel. 

verb
  • To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. 

  • To hunt buffalo. 

snail

noun
  • The pod of the snail clover. 

  • A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 

  • A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers. 

  • A slow person; a sluggard. 

  • Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. 

  • A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive. 

verb
  • To move or travel very slowly. 

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