milacid

plural milacids

1. biologyAny member of the family Milacidae of slugs.

   The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.

   2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 299

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   Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).

   2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology, page 392

   The atrium is a simple structure in the Limacidae and in Milacidae but in some milacid slugs it is equipped with a stimulator (see Section 5.1.7) and, in most milacids, accessory or atrial glands open into the atrium.

   2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control, page 110