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Definition of Sea hare
1. Noun. Naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles.
Generic synonyms: Gastropod, Univalve
Group relationships: Aplysia, Genus Aplysia, Genus Tethus, Tethys
Definition of Sea hare
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Aplysia'' of the family ''Aplysiidae'', large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea hare
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Hare
Literary usage of Sea hare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curious Creatures in Zoology: With 130 Illus. Throughout the Text by John Ashton (1890)
"... and brings her young to the Sea, first blind, and, afterwards, he comes to see.
" THE sea hare. " The Sea-Hare is found to be of divers kinds in the ..."
2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the
sea-hare.18 Taken with the food or drink, it is a poison to some persons ..."
3. A Year at the Shore by Philip Henry Gosse (1865)
"In our Sea-hare these take the form of complicated leaflets, which are the other
mounting an angle of rock, showing the front of its head, are depicted in ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1871)
"Mr. M. Allport called attention to the presentation of the " sea hare " (No.
20), by Mr. Francis Smith (son of the Chief Justice), which is of peculiar ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"Sea-hare C^WP*Wf the name of a ' genus of ... Four tentacles exist, and the eyes
are situated at the base of the Depilatory Sea-hare (Apli/tia ..."
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