In dictionaries:
sea slug
Colorful, soft-bodied marine mollusks.
Slug flow
In fluid mechanics, slug flow in liquid–gas two-phase flow is a type of flow pattern.
Slug test
In hydrogeology, a slug test is a particular type of aquifer test where water is quickly added or removed from a groundwater well, and the change in hydraulic head is monitored through time, to determine the near-well aquifer characteristics.
garden slug
banana slug
Large yellow slug, North America.
slug line
(authorship) A line of abbreviated text at the beginning of each scene in a screenplay that describes the location and time of day.
black slug
An omnivorous slug found in Europe and the Pacific Northwest, Arion ater, not always black, despite the name.
slug gun
rifled slug
A shotgun cartridge having only a single projectile, with oblique grooves on the projectile causing it to spin and thus increasing accuracy.
slug caterpillar
Larval stage of sawfly insects.
pear slug
Larva of sawfly, damages pears.
rose slug
Larvae of sawflies, damage roses.
metric slug
slug it out
Compete intensely until a resolution.
cherry slug
Synonym of pear slug
slug horn
Horn-like structure on slugs.
type slug
Metal piece for printing characters.
vine slug
Gastropod mollusk, damages garden plants.
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