limace

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noun

A slug (mollusk).

OriginFrench limace →
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Meanings

nounlimace (plural limaces)

plural limaces

  1. A slug (mollusk).

    I took heart of grace, and for the first time in my life a limace found its way into my stomach.

    1860, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Once a Week, volume 3, page 156
  2. archaeologyA kind of slug-shaped chisel.

Origin

  1. Frenchlimace
  2. Frenchlimace
  3. Englishlimace

Borrowed from French limace.

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APA

limace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limace

MLA

“limace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limace.

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