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Meanings of black slug in English

Russian
limax ater
Portuguese
arion ater
Spanish
arion ater
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Species of slug.

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limax ater
Synonyms
Examples for "european black slug"
Examples for "european black slug"
1
I pulled my foot free and turned around, and there was the great black slug, blocking the street, towering over me.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
1
The country was beautiful, and by the roadside we found magnificent red slugs ( Arion ater var.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
1
He had found a large black slug with a bright orange underbelly, and he was chewing it, like a fat cigar.
Neverwhere
Usage of black slug in English
1
I ran but to shake the whoreson black slug fro' my carcase.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
2
He is not an insect at all, but a sort of black slug.
Here, There and Everywhere
3
Partners have long drunk at market dinners "Confusion to the black slug that devours the English farmer."
Speculations from Political Economy
4
I pulled my foot free and turned around, and there was the great black slug, blocking the street, towering over me.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
5
He had found a large black slug with a bright orange underbelly, and he was chewing it, like a fat cigar.
Neverwhere
6
A tiny black slug's eye that twitched as the stalk began curling this way and that, as if getting a look around-
John Dies at the End
7
It rose before me like a massive black slug, big as a building, wide as a lobby, made up of living darkness.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
8
I started to raise my gift, hoping it could find me a way out, then the black slug lurched forward, and my concentration shattered.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
9
The drops of darkness did what they were supposed to do, then crawled into the urn like fat black slugs.
Surrender to the will of the night
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Translations for black slug
Portuguese
arion ater
Spanish
arion ater