| sea slug n. Any of various highly colorful marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia, lacking a shell and gills but having fringelike projections that serve as respiratory organs. Also called nudibranch. |
sea slug
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, esp those of the order Nudibranchia See nudibranch
| sea slug Any of various colorful marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia, lacking a shell and gills but having fringelike projections that serve as respiratory organs. Also called nudibranch. |
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| Noun | 1. |  sea slug - any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored bodygastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes Nudibranchia, order Nudibranchia - comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug Hermissenda crassicornis - a kind of sea slug |
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