opalescent nudibranch

noun

A brightly-coloured nudibranch sea slug, Hermissenda crassicornis, with an orange stripe along its head area as well as white stripes on the cerata and those running down the mantle.

Meanings

nounopalescent nudibranch (plural opalescent nudibranchs)

plural opalescent nudibranchs

  1. A brightly-coloured nudibranch sea slug, Hermissenda crassicornis, with an orange stripe along its head area as well as white stripes on the cerata and those running down the mantle.

    Synonyms: thick-horned nudibranch

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA brightly-coloured nudibranch sea slug, Hermissenda crassicornis, with an orange stripe along its head area as well as white stripes on the cerata and those running down the mantle.

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