sea slug

noun

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: a naked marine gastropod
specifically : nudibranch

Examples of sea slug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These rules were based on the brain circuits which allowed a sea slug to forage. Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024 The cells are transported through the body to the sea slug’s appendages, where they are stored in sacs until they are fired off as a defense if the slug is under attack. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2024 Glanzman was able to transfer a memory of an electric shock from one sea slug to another by extracting RNA from the brains of shocked slugs and injecting it into the brains of new slugs. Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024 The team also discovered six more species of sea slug. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sea slug 

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Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of sea slug was in 1779

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“Sea slug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20slug. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

sea slug

noun
1
2
: any of several marine mollusks that have no shell

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