Slimy

Something cold and slimy touched Nastya’s cheek, and she cringed, seeing it was a giant tentacle.

Something green and slimy was on the rock.

Tom is covered in slimy goo.

Sea urchin has a slimy texture.

The slimy coating on fish and many marine invertebrates protects the animal from infection and is easily rubbed off with a hand, glove or foot.

Stromatolites are the limestone structures formed by photosynthesizing bacteria called cyanobacteria. They created layers of alternating slimy bacteria and sediment in very shallow water, dominating shallow seas until predators, such as trilobites, came into the picture.

In clockwise order the main directions are: Never Eat Shredded Wheat, or Never Eat Slimy Worms.

The frog felt slimy and squishy.

The stinkhorn has a slimy conical cap.

The slimy guts of cacti can purify contaminated water, according to researchers at the University of South Florida, who presented their work at the meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.