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‖ limax|ˈlaɪmæks|
Pl. limaces |laɪˈmeɪsiːz|.
[L. līmāx snail, slug.]
1. The typical genus of the Limacidæ or slugs; a member of this genus, a slug.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. lxx. (1495) 825 Limax..hathe that name for he bredith in lyme other of slyme. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Limax, a Snail without a Shell; a Dew Snail, a Slug. 1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 87 The body of the Limax is of a figure approaching to cylindric. Ibid., Limax ater, the black Limax. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. III. 31 Limax Rufus, L. (the Red Limax). Ibid. 32 These Mollusca..closely resemble the common Limaces. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca 103 Some of the limaces lower themselves to the ground by a thread.
2. (See quot.; the sense is recognized as Eng. in some modern Dicts.)
1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 484/1 Linnæus uses the word Limax to designate the soft parts of most of the genera of his (Vermes) Testacea. |