heliciculture

noun

Etymology

From helici- + culture, from the genus of snails Helix, from helix, from Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted”).

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻ — “to move; to turn (around)”
  2. derived from cultūra — “cultivation; culture”
  3. derived from culture — “cultivation; culture”
  4. formed as heliciculture — “helici- + culture”

Definitions

  1. snail farming

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heliciculture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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