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| slug [ slug ] (plural slugs) |
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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.
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2. soft insect larva: a soft smooth larva of some insects such as the sawfly
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3. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's level of energy or activity
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4. cell biology cells that develop into spore-bearing structure: a sticky mass of cells from which the sporophore of a slime mold develops
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| [15th century. Probably < N Germanic] |
