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Nudibranchia — noun comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug • Syn: ↑order Nudibranchia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Opisthobranchia, ↑subclass Opisthobranchia … Useful english dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
sea slug — noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell less and often beautifully colored body • Syn: ↑nudibranch • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Hyponyms: ↑Hermissenda crassicornis … Useful english dictionary
nudibranch — /nooh deuh brangk , nyooh /, n. a shell less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides. [1835 45; < F nudibranche, equiv. to nudi NUDI + branche gill ( < L branchia… … Universalium
nudibranch — noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell less and often beautifully colored body • Syn: ↑sea slug • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Hyponyms: ↑Hermissenda crassicornis • … Useful english dictionary
gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… … Universalium
nudibranch — noun (plural branchs) Etymology: New Latin Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus + Greek branchia gills Date: 1844 any of an order (Nudibranchia) of marine opisthobranch mollusks without a shell in the adult state and without true gills • nudibranch… … New Collegiate Dictionary
nudibranch — [ nju:dɪbraŋk] noun Zoology a shell less marine mollusc of the order Nudibranchia; a sea slug. Origin from mod. L. Nudibranchia, from L. nudus nude + branchia … English new terms dictionary
nudibranch — [no͞o′dibraŋk΄, no͞o′dəbraŋk΄, nyo͞o′dibraŋk΄, nyo͞o′dəbraŋk΄] n. [< ModL Nudibranchia: see NUDI & BRANCHIAE] any of an order (Nudibranchia) of marine gastropods without a shell and with external gills nudibranchiate [no͞o′dibraŋ′kē it,… … English World dictionary
Aplysiidae — noun sea hares • Syn: ↑family Aplysiidae, ↑Tethyidae, ↑family Tethyidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Nudibranchia, ↑order Nudibranchia … Useful english dictionary
