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Aplysia

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A`plys´i`a
n.1.(Zool.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
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Noun1.Aplysia - type genus of the family Aplysiidae
genus Aplysia, genus Tethus, Tethys
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
Aplysiidae, family Aplysiidae, family Tethyidae, Tethyidae - sea hares
Aplysia punctata, sea hare - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles


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How does Aplysia californica (ap-LEE-zha cal-ih-FOR-ni-ka) store this nasty brew without harming itself?
Toxic blast by Cutraro, Jennifer / Science World
Examples include the dogfish shark at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Center in Salisbury Cove, Maine, the rainbow trout model of cancer at the Oregon State University Center in Corvallis, Oregon, and Aplysia californica as a model for memory and learning at the University of Miami Coral Gables Center in Miami, Florida.
Oceans and human health: a new era of environmental opportunities by Baden, Daniel G. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Evolutionary biologists have found that the California sea hare, a mollusk that goes by the scientific name of Aplysia californica, has a protein similar to proteins in people that respond to estrogen and other steroid hormones.
Mollusk gene rewrites history of sex hormone by Travis, J. / Science News
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