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# nudibranch

noun (a nudibranch, nudibranchs)

«nudibranch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A kind of sea slug, often brightly coloured, with no shell, that lives in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#m1)

### In the lessons

A science word about sea life: nudibranchs live on reefs and rocks and come in amazing colours and patterns. Their bright colours warn predators they taste bad or are poisonous; some even store the stings of the animals they eat.

### Examples

- Divers love spotting colourful nudibranchs on the reef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x1)
- A nudibranch is a sea slug with no shell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x2)
- This nudibranch is bright purple with orange tips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x3)
- Nudibranchs' bright colours warn fish to stay away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x4)
- We saw a photo of a nudibranch in our ocean book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x5)
- Some nudibranchs eat jellyfish and keep their stings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x6)
- There are thousands of kinds of nudibranch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced "NEW-dee-brank" ("ch" sounds like "k"). Means "naked gills" in Latin and Greek: their gills are on the outside. Plural "nudibranchs".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nudibranch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nudibranch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nudibranch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nudibranch.html) on Mova free.