Slime

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Slime may refer to:

Biology

  • Slime coat, the coating of mucus covering the body of all fish
  • Slime mold, a broad term often referring to roughly six groups of Eukaryotes
  • Biofilm, an aggregate of microorganisms in which cells adhere to each other and/or to a surface
  • Slimy (fish), also known as the ponyfish
  • Snail slime, the mucus used by gastropods for locomotion
  • Subsurface Lithoautotrophic Microbial Ecosystem (SLiME), a biotope occupied by 'slime'.

Chemistry

  • Gunge (UK) or Slime (US), a thick, gooey, yet runny substance used in children's TV programmes.
  • Flubber (material), a rubbery polymer commonly called slime.
  • Slimes, another name for tailings, a waste material left after the process of separation of ores

Computing

  • SLIME, the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications

Geography

  • Slime, a village, population 270, near Omiš, Croatia

Fiction

  • "Slime" (short story) (Russian: тина), a short story by Anton Chekhov
  • "Slime", a novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan. Originally published in the March 1953 issue of Weird Tales
  • Slimey the Worm, the pet of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street
  • Slime (Dragon Quest), the mascot of the Dragon Quest console role-playing game franchise
  • Slimer, a green ghost made of slime from the film Ghostbusters
  • Slime, a hostile mob from Minecraft that splits into multiple smaller slimes when killed.
  • Slime Princess, a character in the Adventure Time

Brands

  • Slime (toy), a viscous, oozing green material made primarily from guar gum and sold with a plastic trash can
  • Slime (brand), a brand of tire care products

Music

  • Slime (band), a German punk rock band, founded in 1979 and disbanded in 1994

Other uses

  • Slime (video game), a 1982 video game for Atari 8-bit family
  • Slime (series), a video game series unrelated to the video game from 1982

See also

  • Green slime (disambiguation)
  • Pink slime, meat trimmings separated from fat by a centrifuge
  • Blob (disambiguation)
  • Oobleck (disambiguation)
  • Slime ball (disambiguation)
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