sea slug

English

Alternative forms

sea-slug

Etymology

From sea +‎ slug.

Noun

sea slug (plural sea slugs)

A common name for any marine invertebrate with a visual resemblance to terrestrial slugs (land slugs).
Any soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks of the order Nudibranchia.

Translations

marine mollusc

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海蛞蝓 (zh) (hǎikuòyú)
Finnish: merietana
Japanese: ウミウシ (umiushi)
Maori: rori (mi)
Portuguese: lesma-do-mar (pt) f, lesma-marinha (pt) f
Thai: ทากทะเล (tâak-tá-lee)

mollusk of the order Nudibranchia

Finnish: vapaakiduskotilo

See also

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