limacine

[ lim-uh-sahyn, -sin, lahy-muh- ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.

Origin of limacine

1
1885–90; <Latin līmāc- (stem of līmāx) slug, snail + -ine1

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British Dictionary definitions for limacine

limacine

/ (ˈlɪməˌsaɪn, -sɪn, ˈlaɪ-) /


adjective
  1. of, or relating to slugs, esp those of the genus Limax

  2. Also: limaciform (lɪˈmæsɪˌfɔːm) resembling a slug

Origin of limacine

1
C19: from New Latin, from Latin līmax, from līmus mud

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