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Hermissenda crassicornis

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Noun1.Hermissenda crassicornis - a kind of sea slugHermissenda crassicornis - a kind of sea slug                  
nudibranch, sea slug - any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
genus Hermissenda, Hermissenda - genus of marine sea slugs
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But if the light appears repeatedly just before and during shaking, this snail, called Hermissenda crassicornis, eventually learns to contract its foot when light flashes, "just as Pavlov's dog would salivate when the bell occurred, as if the smell of meat were there," Alkon says.
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