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Nudibranchiate

Nū'di-brăn'chi-ate, a.

adjective

a. [N. Lat. nudibranchiatus, from Lat. nudus, naked, and branchiæ, the gills; Fr. nudibranche. See BRANCHIÆ.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to an order of molluscous animals having no shell whatever.

Nū'di·brăn'chi-ate, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] (Zoöl.) One of an order of mollusks having no shell, the branchiæ being exposed upon the back. Brande.

Two nudibranch sea slugs are shown, one viewed from above and the other with its feathery appendages extended. — Nudibranchiates (*Doris solea*).