malwod

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh meluet (compare Breton melc'hwed, Cornish melhwes), from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”) (compare Breton melw (“snot”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmalwɔd/

Noun

malwod f (singulative malwoden or malwen)

snails
slugs

Synonyms

(slug): gwlithen

Hyponyms

malwen gragen, malwod cregyn (“snail”)
malwen noethlymun (“slug”) (northeast Wales)

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