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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.
Sea slug
Sea slug Sea" slug` (Zo["o]l.) (a) A holothurian. (b) A nudibranch mollusk.
Sea slug
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...
- changes, however, varies between different species of sea slug. Some species of another group of sea slugs, nudibranchs such as Pteraeolidia ianthina, sequester...
- can be translated as "sea mice" (an example of gikun). In English translations of these haiku, they are usually called "sea slugs". According to the Oxford...
- such as sea slugs or sea snails. The sponges that make up a large percentage of their diet are actually subject to scientific study. As the sea bunny feeds...
- "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...
- chloroplasts in adult sea slugs (Elysia crispata) come from several algal species, and are also different from those in juvanile slugs". Microscopy and Microanalysis...
- Costasiella kuroshimae (also known as a leaf slug, sea sheep, or leaf sheep) is a species of sacoglossan sea slug. Costasiella kuroshimae are s****-less marine...
- Sea angels (clade Gymnosomata) are a large group of small free-swimming sea slugs, classified into six separate families. They are pelagic opisthobranchs...