单词 | black slug |
释义 | > as lemmasblack slug black slug n. any of various dark-bodied terrestrial slugs; esp. the large Arion ater (family Arionidae), a common slug of northern Europe and northwestern North America that is typically black-bodied. ΚΠ 1756 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry xiv. iv. 705/2 The small brown Slug is the most destructive of Wheat and other Grain; the great black Slug of Pulse. 1878 Zoologist 2 85 The Black Slug.—Found in the neighbourhood of Horsham, Cowfold, and West Grinstead, where black, white and red specimens have been met with, though rarely. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 395 In the common black slug (Arion ater) there is not even a vestige [of a shell]. 1999 Independent on Sunday 18 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 51/1 There are four main garden slugs: the grey field slug..; the garden slug..; the keeled slug..; and the black slug (Arion ater), which is usually black but can be red-brown if you're lucky. < as lemmas |
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