slug : Idioms & Phrases

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Pear slug

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.
Webster 1913

Rose slug

  • (Zoöl.), the small green larva of a black sawfly (Selandria rosæ). These larvæ feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive.
Webster 1913

Sea slug

  • noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
    nudibranch.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk . (b) A holothurian.
Webster 1913

Slug caterpillar

  • . Same as Slugworm.
Webster 1913

slug-horn

Slug"-horn` adjective
Definitions
  1. An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.
Webster 1913

type slug

  • noun a strip of type metal used for spacing
    slug.
WordNet

Vine slug

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Webster 1913