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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aplysia \A*plys"i*a\, n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr ? unwashed; 'a priv. + ? to wash.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Aplysia n : type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: {Aplysia}, {genus Aplysia}, {Tethys}, {genus Tethus}]
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