What is "limaceous"

Limaceous \Li*ma"ceous\ (l[-i]*m[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. limax, limacis, slug, snail: cf. F. limac['e].] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.

"pertaining to slugs," 1650s, with -ous + Latin limax (genitive limacis) "snail, slug," from Greek leimax, from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime" (see slime (n.)). The Greek word is cognate with Russian slimák "snail," Lithuanian slíekas "earthworm," and the first element in Old English slaw-wyrm "slow-worm."

a. Characteristic of slugs (of the family ''Limacidae'')