"banana slug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: banana slugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} banana slug (plural banana slugs)
  1. Any of three North American species of terrestrial slug in the genus Ariolimax, some of which resemble bananas in colour. Wikipedia link: banana slug Categories (lifeform): Gastropods Translations (Translations): Bananenschnecke [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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