sea slug

English

Alternative forms

• sea-slug

Etymology

From sea +‎ slug.

Noun

sea slug (plural sea slugs)

1. A common name for any marine invertebrate with a visual resemblance to terrestrial slugs (land slugs).
2. 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

• nudibranch
• sea hare
• gastropod