nudi-
Naked.
[Latin nudus, nude.]
A nudibranch (Greek brankhia, gills) is a member of an order of shell-less marine molluscs which comprises the sea slugs, the Nudibranchia; an animal that is nudicaudate (Latin caudia, tail) has a hairless tail, for example a rat.
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