limaco

Ultimately from Latin limax, limacis; compare Spanish limaco.

• IPA^(key): /liˈmako/ [liˈmɑ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: li‧ma‧co

limaco m (plural limacos)

1. slug (animal)

   Synonyms: lesma, limacha, limáchega

• lesma
• limacha

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limaco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “limaco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “limaco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “limaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “limaco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• lumiaco (Cantabria)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin līmācem, accusative of līmāx; from Ancient Greek λεῖμᾰξ (leîmăx). Compare inherited limaza.

• IPA^(key): /liˈmako/ [liˈma.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: li‧ma‧co

limaco m (plural limacos)

1. slug (gastropod mollusk without a shell or with a very small internal shell)

   Synonym: babosa

• “limaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024