Milacid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Milacid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any member of the family Milacidae of slugs.
Meaning
(zoology) Any member of the family Milacidae of slugs.
Example Sentences
The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.
Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).
The atrium is a simple structure in the Limacidae and in Milacidae but in some milacid slugs it is equipped with a stimulator (see Section 5.1.7) and, in most milacids, accessory or atrial glands open into the atrium.
Word Forms
- milacids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include limacid, philomycid, limacoid, miliolid, mycalid, miacid.
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