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No, a slug is an animal.
In French, the word "slug" is spelled "limace."
The root word for "sluggish" is "slug," which originally referred to a snail or shell-less mollusk known for its slow movement.
The Latin word for banana slug depends on which of the three species you're talking about:Ariolimax californicusAriolimax columbianusAriolimax dolichophallus
"Bave" if you are speaking of a snail or slug.
No, it is not a swear word, but it can be a slang word. That means you would not use it in a formal or business conversation. The most common slang meaning of this word is "to hit someone very hard." If he doesn't stop bothering me, I am going to have to slug him. You will also hear "slug" in baseball, where a player who hits a lot of home-runs is often called a "slugger." A slug can also refer to a metal disc, shaped like a coin, which can be used in a slot machine. But none of these uses is considered a swear word.
Metal Slug.
The Latin word for "slug" is limax (-acis, m. or f.).There are many latinesque scientific names for particular species of slug, but these are too numerous to list here.The answer "gliemzies" that can be found here and there on the Internet is incorrect, and appears to be purely an artifact of an earlier WikiAnswers answer. In fact this is a Latvian word, not a Latin one.
rifle slug regular slug
There are three common meanings for the word slug. One is a mollusk similar to a snail, but without a shell, the second is a type of bullet that is larger than buckshot, and the third is a big swallow, as in taking a 'slug' from a bottle of whiskey.
An abalone is one. Its a fancy word for a water slug/snail, such as the glaucus atlanticus
The word "slug" likely originated from Old Norse or Middle Low German, where "slugge" or "sluk" meant "a heavy blow" or "to swallow or gulp down." Over time, its meaning evolved to include a shell-less land mollusk and a unit of mass or measurement for liquids.