NUDIBRANCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nudibranch mean? 

• NUDIBRANCH (noun)
  The noun NUDIBRANCH has 1 sense:

1. any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body

  Familiarity information: NUDIBRANCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUDIBRANCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nudibranch; sea slug

Hypernyms ("nudibranch" 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 "nudibranch"):

Hermissenda crassicornis (a kind of sea slug)

Holonyms ("nudibranch" 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)