Aplysia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aplysia \A*plys"i*a\, n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr. ? unwashed;
     'a priv. + ? to wash.] (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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Aplysia
       n : type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: {genus Aplysia}, {Tethys},
            {genus Tethus}]