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Definition of Aplysia
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Aplysiidae, Family Aplysiidae, Family Tethyidae, Tethyidae
Member holonyms: Aplysia Punctata, Sea Hare
Definition of Aplysia
1. n. 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.
Definition of Aplysia
1. Noun. Any sea slug of the genus ''Aplysia'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplysia
Literary usage of Aplysia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In the marine mollusc, Aplysia, we have characterized a tyrosine kinase receptor
for a putative molluscan-insulin-like peptide, which would act as a ..."
2. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
""Synaptic plasticity in vitro: cell culture of identified Aplysia ... "Presynaptic
facilitation as a mechanism for behavioral sensitization in Aplysia. ..."
3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1871)
"In Aplysia, for example, which belongs to the type of "mollusca, or soft-bodied
animals, the digestive apparatus consists of a mouth, an oesophagus, ..."
4. A Manual of the Mollusca: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells by Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate (1880)
"... into a tail behind; sides with extensive lobes, reflected over the back and
shell; branchial plume concealed. Sexes united. Aplysia, Gmelin. Sea Hare. ..."
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