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GENUS APLYSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aplysia mean?
• GENUS APLYSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS APLYSIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Familiarity information: GENUS APLYSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys
Hypernyms ("genus Aplysia" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aplysia"):
Aplysia punctata; sea hare (naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles)
Holonyms ("genus Aplysia" is a member of...):
Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae (sea hares)
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