HyperDic: sea_slug

English > 1 sense of the expression sea slug:
NOUNanimalsea slug, nudibranchany of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
English > sea slug: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body.
Synonymnudibranch
Member ofNudibranchia, order NudibranchiaComprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
NarrowerHermissenda crassicornisA kind of sea slug
Broadergastropod, univalveA class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Spanishnudibranchia, nudibranquio
Catalanacel, nudibranqui

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