milacid
English
Noun
milacid (plural milacids)
- (zoology) Any member of the family Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. of slugs.
- 2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs[1], page 299:
- The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.
- 2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology[2], page 392:
- Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).
- 2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control[3], page 110:
- The atrium is a simple structure in the Limacidae and in Milacidae but in some milacid slugs it is equipped with a stimulator (see Section 5.1.7) and, in most milacids, accessory or atrial glands open into the atrium.