Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semislug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semis-lug
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.

Example Sentences

"This assumption is corroborated by the fact that the proportion of semislugs in the present fauna is low as compared with the proportions of snails and slugs."

Etymology

From semi- + slug.

Inflected Forms

semislugs (plural)

Questions

What does semislug mean?: A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.
Where does semislug come from?: From semi- + slug.

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