GENUS TETHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tethus mean? 

• GENUS TETHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS TETHUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Aplysiidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS TETHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TETHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Aplysiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys

Hypernyms ("genus Tethus" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tethus"):

Aplysia punctata; sea hare (naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles)

Holonyms ("genus Tethus" is a member of...):

Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae (sea hares)