aeolid

noun

ae·​o·​lid

ˈē-ə-ləd

plural -s

: a nudibranch mollusk of the genus Aeolis

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin Aeolid-, Aeolis aeolis

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

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