slugs

gastropod

Single-shelled soft creature

• lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
• gardenCultivated plant area
• infestationPest takeover situation

damage · plants · vegetable patch · pesticide · snail bait · diatomaceous earth · hostas · seedlings · mulch · slime trail

mucus

Protective bodily secretion

• trailPath through wilderness
• viscousThick and slow-flowing
• gooeySoft and sticky

secretion · slippery · sticky · lubricant · moisture · coating · glistening · ooze · residue · shimmery

gastropod

Single-shelled soft creature

• shell-lessLacking a hard outer covering
• invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
• soft-bodiedLacking internal skeleton

tentacles · radula · mantle · foot · hermaphrodite · eyestalks · mucus · terrestrial · nudibranch · respiration

slow

Lacking in speed

• crawlingMoving on hands, knees
• creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
• glidingEngineless aerial movement

undulating · meandering · slithering · contracting · deliberate · nocturnal · ground-dwelling · leaf litter

ammunition

Weapon projectiles and charges

• cartridgeSealed container for supplies
• caliberBore diameter or quality
• firearmProjectile weapon using explosives

casing · shotgun · projectile · lead · round · shell · gauge · gunpowder · discharge · barrel

shot

Quick liquor serving

• whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
• gulpHasty, large swallow
• swigLarge hasty draught

chug · swallow · alcohol · liquor · belt · nip · dram · pull

coin

Stamped metal currency

• arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
• vending machineAutomated product dispenser
• fareTransport payment

counterfeit · slot · subway · laundromat · parking meter · insert

• invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
• legless creaturessnakes, serpents, worms, cobras, pythons
• mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snail, snails
• plant-eatersherbivores, grazers, browsers, cows, horses
• ground crittersmice, rats, ants, cockroaches, spiders
• crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting