FAMILY TETHYIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tethyidae mean? 

• FAMILY TETHYIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY TETHYIDAE has 1 sense:

1. sea hares

  Familiarity information: FAMILY TETHYIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY TETHYIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea hares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae

Hypernyms ("family Tethyidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Tethyidae"):

Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys (type genus of the family Aplysiidae)

Holonyms ("family Tethyidae" is a member of...):

Nudibranchia; order Nudibranchia (comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug)