semislug

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See also: semi-slug

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Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ slug

Noun[edit]

semislug (plural semislugs)

  1. A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.
    • 1999, Russian Journal of Zoology, volume 3, page 408:
      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.

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