| NOUN | animal | Nudibranchia, order Nudibranchia | comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug |
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| Meaning | Comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug. | |
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| Synonym | order Nudibranchia | |
| Member of | Opisthobranchia, subclass Opisthobranchia | gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum |
| Members | Aplysiidae, family Aplysiidae, Tethyidae, family Tethyidae | sea hares |
| Hermissenda, genus Hermissenda | genus of marine sea slugs | |
| sea slug, nudibranch | Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | nudibranquios | |
| Catalan | nudibranquis | |
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