Slug
slug
(land slug)
a kind of animal – belongs to the molluscs; related to the snails — soft, slimy body in different colours with a very small or no shell at all, two pairs of ‘feelers’ or ‘tentacles’ on their head part – the upper pair being the light sensors, like eyes, and the lower pair being the smell sensors, like nose, a rough tongue covered with 25,000 sharp small teeth-like organs, and a saddle-shaped mantle on the back of the body, the respiratory organ on the right-hand side, and small foot-like organ on the underside; size: from 1 inch to 9-10 inches long, and weight: from a few grams to 100 grams; feeds on (eats) dead or live leaves and other plant matter (some species feed on other animals, mostly dead, including their own kind); lives for 2-3 years in the wild; several species (kinds) found in most parts of the world
Special Features:
{“Sammy”, the ‘banana land slug’ is the mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz, USA.}
slug slime
The slugs are not eaten as food, like the snails are, but they are eaten to treat gastritis and stomach ulcers, and the pure slime of the land slugs is used to treat skin diseases!
slug slime as food
Figures of Speech:
1.
slug (noun) =
(a) a fat, undesirable person; a fat child
(b) a lazy person or animal
(c) a round bullet from a hand gun
(d) a small quantity of liquor taken in a gulp
(e) a small piece (strip) of metal used in the printing machine to indicate space between words
(f) {in physics} the unit of mass that is accelerated of one foot per second per second …
(g) a hard blow (hit), especially with a fist or a bat
(h) a person who tries to get free rides (lifts) on other people’s vehicles to go to work and back home every day (a commuter trying to get free rides (lifts))
(i) a counterfeit coin (a currency coin made by people illegally)
2.
to slug (verb) =
(a) to drink (alcohol/liquor) rapidly and/or in large gulps
(b) to strike (hit) somebody hard, especially with the fist or with a bat
(c) to wait at a roadside and get free rides on others’ vehicles to go to work place and back home every day
Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.
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