pear slug
noun
The slug-like larva of a sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, which infests the leaves of the pear and other fruit trees.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Warder (1812–1883).
- pull oneself together
- pull one's head in
- pull (one's) punches
- pull one's socks up
- pull one's weight
- pull (or bring) a rabbit out of the (or a) hat
- pull (or drag) oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
- pullorum
- pull (or yank) someone's chain
- pull out
- pull out all the stops
- pull over
- pullover
- pullovered
- pull-quote
- pull rank
- pull round
- pull someone over
- pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
- pull someone's leg
- pull someone/thing in
- pull someone/thing to pieces
- pull someone up
- pull something down
- pull something off