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limacology, n.|lɪməˈkɒlədʒɪ, liː-|
[f. L. līmāc-, līmāx slug, snail + -ology.]
The branch of zoology which deals with slugs.
1981Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 17/5 The group..say limacology may soon rival bird spotting. 1981Observer 15 Feb. 6/2 Limacology or slug-watching is similar to bird-watching with the added convenience that slugs don't fly away before you've got a good look at them.
So limaˈcologist n., an expert in or student of limacology.
1974Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 10/6 Wider field-work on slugs is expected by limacologists this year. 1981D. J. & T. J. Bellamy Bellamy's Backyard Safari 75 It didn't take too much arm twisting to persuade him with the help of a fellow limacologist, Noel Jackson, to produce a brand new key to the slugs of Britain. |