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sea slater

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noun

  1. a large (2.5 cm or 1 in.) nocturnal isopod, Ligea oceanica, that lives in cracks in rocks or walls around the high-water mark

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It has a very distinctive ‘face’, into which two large,  light green eyes are set, and a body shape similar to that of a sea slater.

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