slimeball

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈslaɪmbɔːl/

Noun

specifically colloquial derogatory

(biology) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.

Japanese Meaning

生物学において、粘液などの粘性の物質で覆われた、またはそのような粘液状の物質で構成された丸い塊

What is this buttons?

A small slimeball clung to the underside of the log, glistening in the damp forest.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

小さなぬめりの塊が倒木の裏側に張り付き、湿った森の中できらきらと光っていた。

Details

Sense（1）

(biology) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.

Sense（2）

(helminthology, specifically) A mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum Platyhelminthes).

The eggs [of a lancet fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)] that pass out with the manure of an infested sheep do not hatch in the open. When eaten by the snail, they hatch and finally give rise to larvae that pass out of the snail's body in gelatinous "slime[-]balls."

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