love dart
Zoology
noun
(In gastropod molluscs of the genus Helix) a calcareous spicule that a snail drives into the body wall of its partner prior to copulation.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Francis Pascoe (1813–1893), entomologist.
- the back of an envelope
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- the Bank of Mum and Dad
- the Bar
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