semislug
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See also: semi-slug
English
Etymology
Noun
semislug (plural semislugs)
- 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.
