slugs and stuff

[rootofnewt]

SeaSlug Forum...
Hypselodoris insulana
Okinawa Slug Site</>

Sorry, evilcresyluna, you don't want to look at those. I was googling about for info on the technical term for slug-phobia and got caught up with images...

alierakieron, do you have a good Greek dictionary? Is there a word for slug (or snail)?

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[firinel.livejournal.com]

marnanel is looking for one (greek word), incase no one else is able to help.

[baobh.livejournal.com]

snail = σαλιγκάρι, σάλιαγκας
saligkari, saliagkas

No entry for slug in the dictionary I found.

I love you, http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

This glossary gives γυμνοσάλιαγκας, i.e. γυμνος "naked" σαλιαγκας "snail". That's all I can find online. I don't know whether it's the same word that was used in antiquity.

This page, however, claims that fear of slugs is called agriolimaxophobia. ("Agriolimax" is the genus name of the common slug, but I don't know its derivation.)

[alierakieron.livejournal.com]

hey! they're hedging in on my turf! :P
Sounds right to me... then again, my Greek is a pitiful, pitiful thing, as I will prove to the world tomorrow in my evil, slithy Demosthenes exam... *homer s. impersonation* ST00pid orators...

[lady-lion.livejournal.com]

I don't think that there is a technical term for a slug phobia. I just looked through my book on phobias and didn't find one. (I searched for phobias of slugs, snails, and mollusks.) I also checked http://www.phobialist.com/ - no dice. :-\

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Oh, how pretty! Thanks for the links...