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sacoglossan

sacoglossan noun: a marine mollusk of the order Sacoglossa, sap-sucking sea slugs.

Noun

sacoglossan (plural sacoglossans)

  1. A marine mollusk of the order Sacoglossa, sap-sucking sea slugs.
    • Since the discovery of “chloroplast retention” in Elysia atroviridis (Kawaguti and Yamasu, 1965), sacoglossan sea slugs have become famous for their ability to extract and incorporate functional chloroplasts from algal food organisms, mainly Ulvophycae, into their gut cells.2014, Stephane La Barre, Outstanding Marine Molecules

Forms of sacoglossan

pluralsacoglossans

Questions about sacoglossan

What does sacoglossan mean?
Sacoglossan means a marine mollusk of the order Sacoglossa, sap-sucking sea slugs.
What part of speech is sacoglossan?
Sacoglossan is a noun.
What is the plural of sacoglossan?
The plural of sacoglossan is sacoglossans.

Words near sacoglossan in the dictionary

  1. sackwise
  2. sacless
  3. saclike
  4. saclofen
  5. saco
  6. sacoglossan
  7. sacoglossans
  8. sacolemmal
  9. sacos
  10. Sacoșu Turcesc
  11. sacque

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