"monkey slug" meaning in English

See monkey slug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: monkey slugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} monkey slug (plural monkey slugs)
  1. The larva of the hag moth. Categories (lifeform): Zygaenoid moths

Inflected forms

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