Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea slug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
sea s-lug
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any marine invertebrate with a visual resemblance to terrestrial slugs (land slugs).

noun

Any soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks of the order Nudibranchia.

Etymology

From sea + slug.

Inflected Forms

sea slugs (plural) sea-slug (alternative)

Phrases

sea hare

Frequently Paired Words

nudibranch sea hare gastropod

Synonyms

nudibranch nudi

Questions

What does sea slug mean?
Any marine invertebrate with a visual resemblance to terrestrial slugs (land slugs).
Where does sea slug come from?
From sea + slug.

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