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notaspidean

notaspidean noun: a sea slug of the former suborder Notaspidea, now split into clades Umbraculida and Pleurobranchomorpha.

Noun

notaspidean (plural notaspideans)

  1. A sea slug of the former suborder Notaspidea, now split into clades Umbraculida and Pleurobranchomorpha.
    • Responses to low concentrations of food extract have been best documented in the carnivorous notaspidean Pleurobranchaea californica.2012, The Mollusca: Physiology, page 10
    Synonyms:
    sidegill slug

Synonyms of notaspidean

  • sidegill slug

Forms of notaspidean

pluralnotaspideans

Questions about notaspidean

What does notaspidean mean?
Notaspidean means a sea slug of the former suborder Notaspidea, now split into clades Umbraculida and Pleurobranchomorpha.
What part of speech is notaspidean?
Notaspidean is a noun.
What is the plural of notaspidean?
The plural of notaspidean is notaspideans.

Words near notaspidean in the dictionary

  1. notary
  2. notary public
  3. notary-at-law
  4. notaryship
  5. notaryships
  6. notaspidean
  7. notaspideans
  8. notatable
  9. notate
  10. notate bene
  11. notated

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