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Spanish dancers

Spanish dancers is the plural of Spanish dancer.

Meaning of Spanish dancer

Noun

Spanish dancer (plural Spanish dancers)

  1. A species of nudibranch sea slug, Hexabranchus sanguineus, commonly growing up to a length of 25 centimetres (about 9.8 inches), with some in the Red Sea up to 40 centimetres (15.7 inches).
    • The Spanish dancer nudibranch Hexabranchus sanguineus[…], a large brightly colored shell-less sea slug (Gastropoda : Opisthobranchia) common to Indo-Pacific coral reefs, derives a potent chemical defense from a sponge that it eats (Halichondria sp.).1988 July 14, Joseph R. Pawlik, Michael R. Kernan, Tadeusz F. Molinski, Mary Kay Harper, D. John Faulkner, “Defensive Chemicals of the Spanish Dancer Nudibranch Hexabranchus sanguineus and Its Egg...
  2. A species of deep-sea sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia, with webbed swimming fin-like structures at the front and back of its body.
    • Australian scientists happened upon a unique animal dubbed the "headless chicken monster" during a recent expedition to test new underwater camera technology. The animal, also nicknamed the "Spanish dancer" but known to the scientific community as Enypniastes eximia, was spotted in the Antarctic...2018 October 21, Danny Clemens, “‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Spotted Swimming in Antarctic Ocean”, in KABC-TV, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2025
    Synonyms:
    headless chicken fish, headless chicken monster, swimming sea cucumber, pink see-through fantasia

Questions about Spanish dancers

What is Spanish dancers the plural of?
Spanish dancers is the plural of Spanish dancer.

Words near Spanish dancers in the dictionary

  1. Spanish cubit
  2. Spanish cubits
  3. Spanish dagger
  4. Spanish daggers
  5. Spanish dancer
  6. Spanish dancers
  7. Spanish dollar
  8. Spanish dollars
  9. Spanish donkey
  10. Spanish donkeys
  11. Spanish elm

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