Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.

    Nacktkiemer

    голожа́берныйgoložábernyj

More definitions
  • any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Elsewhere we watch large ocean predators and tiny denizens of the sea like the strangely alien nudibranch and Christmas tree worms.

Translations

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Origin

Circa 19th century, borrowed from translingual Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus (“naked”) +

Circa 19th century, borrowed from translingual Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus (“naked”) + branchia (“gills”).

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Forms

plural: nudibranchs
Singularnudibranch
Pluralnudibranchs

irregular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body:sea slug

Word family

5 related words

See also

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