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A sea slug that ate its enemies' weapons and now wears them as fashion.
means A soft-bodied marine mollusk, often brilliantly colored, that has shed its shell entirely and breathes through exposed gill structures on its back.
from From Latin 'nudus' (naked) plus Greek 'brankhia' (gills) — literally 'naked gills.' The name is refreshingly literal: unlike their snail and slug cousins, these creatures gave up the shell altogether, so their feathery or frilly respiratory organs sit openly on their backs instead of tucked safely inside a protective coil.
- stolen stingers
- stores jellyfish venom cells to fire later
- name meaning
- naked gills, worn on its back
- color trick
- pigment comes straight from its food
- lifespan
- often dead within weeks of hatching