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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2006-04-14 07:09 am

limacology

limacology - n., the study of slugs.


Or more properly, the branch of zoology that deals with slugs. From Latin limax, slug or snail, + -ology. Anyone here from UCSC?

---L.

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Going through an archive of old words, I see I one used limicene, resembling a slug. Which is clearly a superior word.

---L.