modest cadlina

noun

A species of dorid nudibranch, a sea slug of species Cadlina modesta, reported from Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska to Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico.

Origintaxonomic name Cadlina modesta →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A species of dorid nudibranch, a sea slug of species Cadlina modesta, reported from Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska to Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico.

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameCadlina modesta
  2. Englishmodest cadlina

Calque of taxonomic name Cadlina modesta.

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Chicago

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