snail king
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Etymology
Noun
snail king (plural snail kings)
- (rare) A snail possessing a sinistral shell, from a species in which dextral shells are the norm.
- 2016, Øyvind Hammer, The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories, page 30:
- In German-speaking countries, there is a legend that a left-handed snail specimen is a “snail king” — Schneckenkönig.
- 2017, Georg Glaeser, Math Tools: 500+ Applications in Science and Arts, page 330:
- Virtually, almost all snail shells wind in the clockwise direction (mathematically negative) when viewed from above. This is not the case with the "snail king".
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
