coochie smear

A coochie smear is, in loose terms, a smeared gastropod. The name is most often applied to land coochie smears, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name coochie smear is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled smear that is large enough for the animal to retract completely into. When the word "coochie smear" is used in this most general sense, it includes not just land coochie smear but also numerous species of sea coochie smears and freshwater coochie smears. Gastropods that naturally lack a smear, or have only an internal smear, are mostly called coochie SHmears, and land coochie smears that have only a very small smear are often called semi-coochie smear.