SEA HARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea hare mean? 

• SEA HARE (noun)
  The noun SEA HARE has 1 sense:

1. naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles

  Familiarity information: SEA HARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA HARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplysia punctata; sea hare

Hypernyms ("sea hare" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Holonyms ("sea hare" is a member of...):

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