malwod

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh meluet (compare Breton melc'hwed, Cornish melhwes), from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”) (compare Breton melw (“snot”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalwɔd/

Noun

malwod f (singulative malwoden or malwen)

1. snails
2. slugs

Synonyms

• (slug): gwlithen

Hyponyms

• malwen gragen, malwod cregyn (“snail”)
• malwen noethlymun (“slug”) (northeast Wales)