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semislug

semislug noun: a land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.

Noun

semislug (plural semislugs)

  1. A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.
    • This assumption is corroborated by the fact that the proportion of semislugs in the present fauna is low as compared with the proportions of snails and slugs.1999, Russian Journal of Zoology, volume 3, page 408

Forms of semislug

pluralsemislugs

Origin of semislug

From semi- + slug.

Questions about semislug

What does semislug mean?
Semislug means a land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.
What part of speech is semislug?
Semislug is a noun.
What is the plural of semislug?
The plural of semislug is semislugs.

Words near semislug in the dictionary

  1. semisimulation
  2. semisimulations
  3. semiskilled
  4. semislave
  5. semislaves
  6. semislug
  7. semislugs
  8. semismart
  9. semismile
  10. semismiles
  11. semismoked

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