ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈbraŋkēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from nudi- + -branchia
: a suborder of Opisthobranchia comprising numerous highly varied marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and without true ctenidia and typically having a body suggesting that of a slug usually with brightly colored often branching respiratory cerata on the back
• nu·di·bran·chi·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|braŋkēən adjective
• nu·di·bran·chi·ate -ēə̇t, -ēˌāt adjective or noun