DODMAN

Etymology

Noun

dodman (plural dodmans or dodmen) (East Anglia, dialectal)

A land-based snail.

A snail's shell.

Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.

(rare, possibly, erroneous) A surveyor.

Anagrams

• odd man

Source: Wiktionary


Dod"man, n.

1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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