semislug

Etymology

From semi- + slug.

semislug means A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.“This assumption is corroborated by the fact that the proportion of semislugs in the present fauna is low as compared with the proportions of snails and slugs.”