sea slug

noun

1. a nudibranch.

sea slug

noun

1. See nudibranch
   any of various shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, esp those of the order Nudibranchia See nudibranch

sea slug

1. Any of various colorful marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia, lacking a shell and gills but having fringelike projections that serve as respiratory organs.
2. Also called nudibranch

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea slug¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

That is, if you’re one of two kinds of rippling, green-tinged sea slugs.

From Science News For Students

“As far as we know,” Yusa says, this is the first report of such a dramatic “whole-body” regeneration in any sea slug.

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The head of a sea slug can take several hours to rip itself loose from its body, so Mitoh and Yusa doubt that de-heading helps when predators attack.

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Instead, a detachable body could give the sea slug a drastic, but effective, way of dealing with parasites.

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On close inspection, the researchers found that sea slugs have a slight groove looped on the back of the head region that seems to work as a break-here zone.

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On the reefs of the Southern Ocean is found a kind of sea-slug termed the Beche-de-mer.

From Project Gutenberg

A more beautiful example of a phosphorescent mollusk is presented by a sea-slug called Phyllirho bucephala.

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Sea-cucumbers, as they are popularly called, are also known by the name of trepang and sea-slug.

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Tall he stood in his garment of black, facing the Great Sea Slug, and lifting on high his hand with the crucifix in it.

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To touch him was death, for Great Sea Slug had given him a feast and put upon him the white tapa, emblem of sacredness.

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