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slug (2)

slug [ slug ] (plural slugs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. mollusk without shell: a small slow-moving terrestrial mollusk that resembles a snail but has no shell, or only a rudimentary one. Order Stylommatophora.

2. soft insect larva: a soft smooth larva of some insects such as the sawfly

3. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's level of energy or activity

4. cell biology cells that develop into spore-bearing structure: a sticky mass of cells from which the sporophore of a slime mold develops

[15th century. Probably < N Germanic]
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