aplysia

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aplysia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aplysia \A*plys"i*a\, n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr. ? unwashed;
     'a priv. + ? to wash.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

aplysia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aplysia
      n 1: type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: Aplysia, genus Aplysia
           , Tethys, genus Tethus]