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Definition of Limax
1. Noun. A genus of Limacidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Limacidae, Limacidae
Definition of Limax
1. n. A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug.
Definition of Limax
1. a slug [n LIMACES]
Medical Definition of Limax
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Limax
Literary usage of Limax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"Bourguignat considers this slug as merely a variety of limax maximus Linn^, ...
This is recognized by Bourguignat as correctly determined. The limax ..."
2. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1876)
"limax castaneus, SP. NOV. Small and slender ; length less than one inch; color
n lively brown, irith a darker spot over the shield; head, tentacles, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Which we divide as follows: limax, Lam. The body elongated, and the mantle, a
dense fleshy disk which is confined to the forepart of the back, ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... Maturation, Fecundation and Segmentation of limax campestris.f —In this
remarkable contribution to embryology, EL Mark deals in the first sixty pages ..."
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