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Definition of sea slugs

sea slugs
Holothurian Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea. Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.
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Sea slug Sea" slug` (Zo["o]l.) (a) A holothurian. (b) A nudibranch mollusk.
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7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc. Sea slug. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk. (b) A holothurian. Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
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Trepang Tre*pang", n. [Malay tr[=i]pang.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.] Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of Holothuria, especially H. edulis. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.

Meaning of sea slugs from wikipedia

- Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are...
- blue ocean slug) is a species of sea slug in the family Glaucidae. These sea slugs live in the pelagic zone (open ocean), where they float upside-down by...
- very reduced s****, or only a small internal s****, particularly sea slugs and semi-slugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to...
- Sea Slugs Are The Sheep Of The Sea". IFLScience. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2020-07-17. Sc****ing A (21 July 2015). "Sheep Of The Sea Are Cutest Slugs We've...
- "sap-sucking sea slugs". Some sacoglossans simply digest the fluid which they suck from the algae, but in some other species, the slugs sequester and...
- changes, however, varies between different species of sea slug. Some species of another group of sea slugs, nudibranchs such as Pteraeolidia ianthina, sequester...
- Gallery Sea Slugs of Hawaii Slug City – Molluscs. Brain & Behavior, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Attack of the Sea Slugs at YouTube...
- 15, 2015). "Fluffy Bunny Sea Slugs Make Us Want To Cuddle Them". Huffington Post. Dr. M (July 19, 2015). "The Science of Sea Bunnies: You'll Never Believe...
- The California sea hare (Aplysia californica) is a species of sea slug in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast...
- from the veliger stage when the juvenile sea slugs begin to feed on the Vaucheria litorea cells. Juvenile slugs are brown with red pigment spots until they...