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SEA SLUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
Synonyms:
nudibranch; sea slug
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea slug" is a kind of...):
gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea slug"):
Hermissenda crassicornis (a kind of sea slug)
Holonyms ("sea slug" is a 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)
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