mantleslug

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noun

Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.

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Meanings

nounmantleslug (plural mantleslugs)

plural mantleslugs

  1. Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.

    Carolina mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus) was recorded by Pearce, Nielsen and Rogers (1992) at Bad Gully, at the top of the escarpment above Beaver Basin in beech-sugar maple forest.

    1994, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan: Draft Environmental Impact, United States National Park Service, page 61

Origin

From mantle + slug, because of the unusually large protective mantle.

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Chicago

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