What is the difference between motile and slug?
motile | slug |
(biology) having the power to move spontaneously
* {{quote-book
, date = 1993-05-06
, title = A Dead Man in Deptford
, first = Anthony
, last = Burgess
, authorlink = Anthony Burgess
, location = London
, publisher = Hutchinson
, isbn = 9780091779771
, ol = 1047075M
, passage = It seemed to him that, if there were a Holy Trinity as the churches taught, this must be unified through a manner of capillary action, Father merging into Son and both into Holy Ghost. So God is motile as the blood is.
}}
* {{quote-video
, date = 2010-01-21
, episode = The Proof in the Pudding
, title =
, season = 5
, number = 12
, at = 1:27
, people = (Emily Deschanel)
, role =
, passage = And even if they use condoms, Wendell is young. His sperm is likely to be extremely motile .
}}
(psychology) of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position
Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell
(obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
A bullet (projectile).
A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
(journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
(physics, rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
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A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
(television editing) A black screen.
(metal typesetting) A piece of type metal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error.
(regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
(web design) The last part of a (clean URL), the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
(obsolete) A hindrance; an obstruction.
A ship that sails slowly.
* Samuel Pepys
To drink quickly; to gulp.
To down a shot.
To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
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(of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
(obsolete) To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
* Spenser
To load with a slug or slugs.
To make sluggish.
As a adjective motile
is (biology) having the power to move spontaneously.As a noun slug is
any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell.As a verb slug is
to drink quickly; to gulp.motile
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(en adjective)Antonyms
* sessileslug
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Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare) Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed. Romeo and Juliet
- (Francis Bacon)
- His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
- (Halliwell)
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* (a quantity of a drink) See alsoDerived terms
* black slug * sea slug * slug lineSee also
* (gastropod) snailVerb
(slugg)- He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
- The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
- To slug in sloth and sensual delight.
- to slug a gun
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