Home › Words › M › mudsnailmudsnailmudsnail · noun — any of several univalve molluscs found on tidal mudflats, typically in New Zealand.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom mud + snail.nounAny of several univalve molluscs found on tidal mudflats, typically in New Zealand.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.molluscan 63% match — Pertaining to molluscs. vs mudsnail →pebblesnail 63% match — Any of various freshwater snails in the families Hydrobiidae and Lithoglyphidae in superfamily Truncatelloidea. vs mudsnail →buliminid 62% match — Any snail in the family Buliminidae. vs mudsnail →paludina 61% match — Any of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, sea snails belonging to Viviparus (syn. Paludina), Melantho, and allied genera in family Viviparidae, with operculated shells, usually green, often with brown bands. vs mudsnail →nerite 61% match — Any snail of the genus Nerita, or more generally, of the family Neritidae. vs mudsnail →nudipleuran 60% match — Any marine gastropod mollusk of the clade Nudipleura vs mudsnail →aplustrid 60% match — Any sea snail of the family Aplustridae vs mudsnail →nucinellid 60% match — Any bivalve of the family Nucinellidae vs mudsnail →