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SEA SLUG

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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