snail king

English

Calque of German Schneckenkönig (“snail king”)

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".

单词	snail king
释义	snail king English Etymology Calque of German Schneckenkönig (“snail king”) 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".
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