glaucus

Meaning

Noun

• Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.
• Citrus glauca (species), the desert lime, a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.

Related

Similar words

• sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug, blue ocean slug

Origin

• From Ancient Greek γλαυκός ("blue-green, blue-grey").