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limace

Pronunciation: /li.mas/

“limace” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. slug

In French

  1. Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée.
  2. Personne lente.
  3. Personne paresseuse.
  4. Nom vulgaire de la vis d’Archimède.
  5. Cravate.
  6. Chemise.
  7. Lèvre (le plus souvent au pluriel).
  8. Limace de mer: Autre nom du liparis, petit poisson de la mer du Nord et de la Baltique, à peau visqueuse.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?] (cf. the form limaz), from Vulgar Latin *limacea, ultimately from Latin limax (“slug, snail”).

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