Sea Slug

Definition: Sea Slug

Sea Slug

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Sea Slug

Food

Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut.

Crosswords: Sea Slug

Books

• Down in the Sea: The Sea Slug (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Taylor's Sea Slug, Phyllaplysia taylori, is common on blades of eelgrass (Zostera sp.) in low intertidal areas from Nanaimo, British Columbia to San Diego, California. The body is dorsoventrally flattened and from 25 to 45 cm long. Its color mimics Zostera, with a bright green base with brown-black and white spots.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Hermissenda, Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the Opalescent Sea Slug, is found in a variety of habitats including mud flats, rocky shores and wharf pilings. Its body is up to 80 mm long. Its dorsal surface has a single orange stripe and bright "electric blue lines, but otherwise is variable in color. Kodiak to Baja California.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Hermissenda, Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the Opalescent Sea Slug, is found in a variety of habitats including mud flats, rocky shores and wharf pilings. Its body is up to 80 mm long. Its dorsal surface has a single orange stripe and bright "electric blue lines, but otherwise is variable in color. Kodiak to Baja California.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

A lettuce sea slug.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Indonesian

teripang (sea cucumber). (various references)

Italian

lumaca di mare (aplysia, marine snail). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

海� (sea cucumber), 海牛 (manatee, sea cow). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なま�" (sea cucumber), うみうし. (various references)

Manx

shilleein marrey, shilleeid varrey. (various references)

Pig Latin

easay ugslay

Agaricus bernardii, Bacterium marismortui, Psalliota bernardii, Tripneustes ventricosus. (various references)

Misspellings

"Sea Slug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seaslug. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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