NOUN | animal | sea slug, nudibranch | any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body |
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Meaning | Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body. | |
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Synonym | nudibranch | |
Member of | Nudibranchia, order Nudibranchia | Comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug |
Narrower | Hermissenda crassicornis | A kind of sea slug |
Broader | gastropod, univalve | A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
Spanish | nudibranchia, nudibranquio | |
Catalan | acel, nudibranqui |
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