nudibranch

«nudibranch» in Mova's school dictionary: A kind of sea slug, often brightly coloured, with no… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a nudibranch, nudibranchs)

meaning for a pupil

A kind of sea slug, often brightly coloured, with no shell, that lives in the sea. tree →

sense in the lessons

A science word about sea life: nudibranchs live on reefs and rocks and come in amazing colours and patterns. Their bright colours warn predators they taste bad or are poisonous; some even store the stings of the animals they eat.

examples

• Divers love spotting colourful nudibranchs on the reef. tree →
• A nudibranch is a sea slug with no shell. tree →
• This nudibranch is bright purple with orange tips. tree →
• Nudibranchs' bright colours warn fish to stay away. tree →
• We saw a photo of a nudibranch in our ocean book. tree →
• Some nudibranchs eat jellyfish and keep their stings. tree →
• There are thousands of kinds of nudibranch. tree →

note

Pronounced "NEW-dee-brank" ("ch" sounds like "k"). Means "naked gills" in Latin and Greek: their gills are on the outside. Plural "nudibranchs".

Trees and pragmatics

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