| slug | 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. 3. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails. 4. <zoology> Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug. 5. A ship that sails slowly. "His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover." (Pepys) 6. [Perhaps a different word] An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun. 7. A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc. Sea slug. 8. <zoology> Any nudibranch mollusk. A holothurian. Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm. Origin: OE. Slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. Slukk low-spirited, sad, E. Slack, slouch, D. Slak, slek, a snail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sluggish layer | The layer of the bloodstream in the capillary vessels, next to the wall of the vessel, that flows slowly and transports the white blood cells along the layer wall, while in the centre the flow is rapid and transports the red blood cells. Synonym: plasma layer, Poiseuille's space, sluggish layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slugworm | <zoology> Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea slug | <zoology> A holothurian. A nudibranch mollusk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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bullet: a projectile that is fired from a gun strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" sluggard: an idle slothful person any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell idle: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
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(slug) (slug) general term for any of numerous terrestrial gastropods closely related to the snails but having a rudimentary or absent shell; they are divided between the subclasses Euthyneura and Streptoneura. Some are intermediate hosts of parasitic trematodes.
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Slugs are gastropods without shells or with very small shells, in contrast with snails from which they evolved, which have a prominent shell. Although they undergo torsion (twisting) during development, their bodies are streamlined and worm-like, and so show little external evidence of it. This same basic design developed independently in several different groups, the largest being the sea slugs or nudibranchs. ...
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A railroad slug is an accessory to a locomotive. A slugs has trucks with traction motors but is unable to move about under its own power as it does not contain a prime mover. Instead, it is connected to a locomotive, called the mother, which provides current to operate the traction motors. Sometimes a locomotive will be connected to each end of the slug and both will provide power to it. ...
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A derived unit for mass in the USCS gravitational systems; widely used in engineering.
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| slug | any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell |
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| slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun |
| slug | an idle slothful person |
| slug | strike heavily, esp. with the fist or a bat |
| slug | be idle |
| slug | a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour |
| slug | a fight with bare fists |
| slug | an idle slothful person |
| slug | a ballplayer who is batting |
| slug | a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches |
| slug | slow and apathetic |
| slug | (of business) not active or brisk |
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