单词 | cellar slug |
释义 | > as lemmascellar slug cellar slug n. [compare German Kellerschnecke (1843 or earlier), Danish †kældersnekke (1776)] the yellow slug, Limax flavus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Limacidae > member of (slug) dew-snail1548 slug-snail1688 slug?1703 limacian1839 cellar slug1853 1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca IV. 20 The cellar-slug inhabits damp places in houses, especially vaults. It is found in most of our great cities, and is, probably, generally dispersed through our towns, large and small. 1882 Garden 30 Dec. 579/2 A fine example of the cellar slug. 1933 C. Thesing et al. Geneal. of Love iv. 108 Perhaps the most extraordinary form of love-activity is that of the great cellar-slug. 2000 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 13 Apr. 36 Beside the buckets sits a yard-brush, its wooden parts scoured..by Limax grossui (the cellar slug) nibbling at its algae. < as lemmas |
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