'Naked mollusk' definitions:

Definition of 'Naked mollusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Naked \Na"ked\ (n[=a]"k[e^]d), a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n["o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. n["o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. [root]266. Cf. Nude.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion. [1913 Webster]
  • Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. --King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare) [PJC]
  • Thy power is full naked. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Behold my bosom naked to your swords. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. [1913 Webster]
  • Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. [1913 Webster]
  • The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. --Heb. iv. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth. [1913 Webster]
  • The very naked name of love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth. [1913 Webster]
  • Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. --Shak.
  • Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.
  • Naked-eyed medusa. (Zool.) See Hydromedusa.
  • Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. --Gwilt.
  • Naked mollusk (Zool.), a nudibranch.
  • Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree ({Colibrina reclinata}) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. --C. S. Sargent. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless. [1913 Webster]