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Aug. 27, 2016
limacine\LIM-uh-sahyn, -sin, LAHY-muh-\adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
QuotesA man on the downhill side of prime--limbs beginning to shrink,
the limacine middle expanding, flesh disintegrating into the beard.
-- John Edgar Wideman, Hurry Home, 1970
Origin of limacineLimacine finds its roots in the Latin term lÄ«mÄx
meaning "slug." It entered English in the late 1800s.More From
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