Definition of Aplysia

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Aplysia, Genus Tethus, Tethys
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Aplysiidae, Family Aplysiidae, Family Tethyidae, Tethyidae
Member holonyms: Aplysia Punctata, Sea Hare

Definition of Aplysia

1. n. 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.

Definition of Aplysia

1. Noun. Any sea slug of the genus ''Aplysia'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplysia

aplastic anaemia
aplastic anemia
aplastic lymph
aplenty
aplite
aplites
aplitic
aplomb
aplombs
aplotomy
aplowite
aplustre
aplustres
aplyed
aplysia
apna
apnea
apneal
apneas
apneic
apneic oxygenation
apneic pause
apneumatic
apneumona
apneusis
apneustic
apneustic breathing

Literary usage of Aplysia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In the marine mollusc, Aplysia, we have characterized a tyrosine kinase receptor for a putative molluscan-insulin-like peptide, which would act as a ..."

2. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
""Synaptic plasticity in vitro: cell culture of identified Aplysia ... "Presynaptic facilitation as a mechanism for behavioral sensitization in Aplysia. ..."

3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1871)
"In Aplysia, for example, which belongs to the type of "mollusca, or soft-bodied animals, the digestive apparatus consists of a mouth, an oesophagus, ..."

4. A Manual of the Mollusca: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells by Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate (1880)
"... into a tail behind; sides with extensive lobes, reflected over the back and shell; branchial plume concealed. Sexes united. Aplysia, Gmelin. Sea Hare. ..."

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