Meanings
plural nudibranchs
- A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
Synonyms: nudi
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnudus“naked”
- translingualNudibranchia
- Englishnudibranch
Circa 19th century, borrowed from translingual Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus (“naked”) + branchia (“gills”).
More words from translingual, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan nudibranqui
- nudibranquisea slug
Chinese Mandarin 裸鰓類 /裸鳃类
- 裸鰓類 /裸鳃类 (luǒsāilèi)sea slug
Finnish vapaakiduskotilo
- vapaakiduskotilosea slug
French nudibranche
- nudibranchesea slug
German Nacktkiemer
- Nacktkiemersea slug
Irish núdabrainciach
- núdabrainciachsea slug
Italian nudibranchio
- nudibranchiosea slug
Korean 갯민숭달팽이
- 갯민숭달팽이 (gaenminsungdalpaeng'i)sea slug
Polish nagoskrzelny
- nagoskrzelnysea slug
Portuguese nudibrânquio
- nudibrânquiosea slug
Russian голожа́берный
- голожа́берный (goložábernyj)sea slug
Spanish nudibranquio
- nudibranquiosea slug
Cite this entry
nudibranch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudibranch
“nudibranch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudibranch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nudibranch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudibranch.
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