"slime-ball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: slime-balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slime-ball (plural slime-balls)
  1. Alternative form of slimeball Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: slimeball
    Sense id: en-slime-ball-en-noun-pzAjoYw7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The slime-balls, which are whitish and have fluid gel-like consistency and in which the cercariae lie in free state, appear 120 to 150 days after the ingestion of eggs by the mollusc.",
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