milacid

English

Noun

milacid (plural milacids)

1. (zoology) Any member of the family Milacidae of slugs.
   • 2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs‎^[1], page 299:

     The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.

   • 2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology‎^[2], page 392:

     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).

   • 2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control‎^[3], page 110:

     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.

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