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sacoglossans

sacoglossans is the plural of sacoglossan.

Meaning of sacoglossan

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

Questions about sacoglossans

What is sacoglossans the plural of?
Sacoglossans is the plural of sacoglossan.

Words near sacoglossans in the dictionary

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

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