slug

noun/slʌɡ/

Frequency rank: #9,494 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A small, soft-bodied creature similar to a snail but without a shell.

Illustration for the English word “slug”

Example sentence

He found the slug crawling slowly across the wet garden path.

Synonyms & related words

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