Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aplysia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aplysia \A*plys"i*a\, n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr. ? unwashed;
'a priv. + ? to wash.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine mollusks of the order {Tectibranchiata};
the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a
deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance.
See Illust. in Appendix.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Aplysia
n : type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: {Aplysia}, {genus
Aplysia}, {Tethys}, {genus Tethus}]
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