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sea hare
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sea hare
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Any of various small marine gastropod mollusks of the subclass Opisthobranchia having projections that resemble rabbit ears.
sea hare
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various marine gastropods of the order Aplysiomorpha (or Anaspidea), esp Aplysia punctata, having a soft body with an internal shell and two pairs of earlike tentacles
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Noun1.sea hare - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentaclessea hare - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
Aplysia punctata
gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Aplysia, genus Aplysia, genus Tethus, Tethys - type genus of the family Aplysiidae
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