APLYSIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aplysia mean? 

• APLYSIA (noun)
  The noun APLYSIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Aplysiidae

  Familiarity information: APLYSIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APLYSIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Aplysiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys

Hypernyms ("Aplysia" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Aplysia"):

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

Holonyms ("Aplysia" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

The invertebrate cell adhesion molecules fasciclin II (grasshoppers and Drosophila) and apCAM (Aplysia) are related to NCAM and can mediate homophilic cell aggregation.

(CD56 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)