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limacine

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lim⋅a⋅cine

  [lim-uh-sahyn, -sin, lahy-muh-]
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–adjective
pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
Origin:
1885–90; < L līmāc- (s. of līmāx) slug, snail + -ine 1
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lim·a·cine   (lĭm'ə-sēn', lī'mə-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or resembling a slug.

[From Latin līmāx, līmāc-, slug, snail; akin to līmus, slime; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
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