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limace

limace noun: a slug (mollusk).

Noun

limace (plural limaces)

  1. A slug (mollusk).
    • I took heart of grace, and for the first time in my life a limace found its way into my stomach.1860, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Once a Week, volume 3, page 156
  2. A kind of slug-shaped chisel.

Forms of limace

plurallimaces

Origin of limace

Borrowed from French limace.

Questions about limace

What does limace mean?
Limace means a slug (mollusk).
What part of speech is limace?
Limace is a noun.
What is the plural of limace?
The plural of limace is limaces.

Words near limace in the dictionary

  1. lima beans
  2. Lima East
  3. Lima South
  4. Lima syndrome
  5. Lima wood
  6. limace
  7. limaceous
  8. limaces
  9. Limache
  10. limacid
  11. limacide

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