From an unused root probably meaning, to lie low; a lizard (as creeping) -- snail.
H2546. chomet
חֹ֫מֶט noun [masculine] a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean creeping animals Leviticus 11:30 ׃ וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהָאֲנָקָה (Aramaic is chameleon).