malwod
Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh meluet (compare Breton melc'hwed, Cornish melhwes), from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”) (compare Breton melw (“snot”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
malwod f (singulative malwoden or malwen)
Synonyms
- (slug): gwlithen
Hyponyms
- malwen gragen, malwod cregyn (“snail”)
- malwen noethlymun (“slug”) (northeast Wales)