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mantleslug

mantleslug noun: any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.

mantleslug: any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera
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Noun

mantleslug (plural mantleslugs)

  1. Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.
    • Carolina mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus) was recorded by Pearce, Nielsen and Rogers (1992) at Bad Gully, at the top of the escarpment above Beaver Basin in beech-sugar maple forest.1994, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan: Draft Environmental Impact, United States National Park Service, page 61

Forms of mantleslug

pluralmantleslugs

Origin of mantleslug

From mantle + slug, because of the unusually large protective mantle.

Questions about mantleslug

What does mantleslug mean?
Mantleslug means any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.
What part of speech is mantleslug?
Mantleslug is a noun.
What is the plural of mantleslug?
The plural of mantleslug is mantleslugs.

Words near mantleslug in the dictionary

  1. mantled guereza
  2. mantled guerezas
  3. mantlepiece
  4. mantlepieces
  5. mantles
  6. mantleslug
  7. mantleslugs
  8. mantlest
  9. mantlet
  10. mantleth
  11. mantletree

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