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Tethyidae

noun

sea hares

• Syn: ↑Aplysiidae, ↑family Aplysiidae, ↑family Tethyidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nudibranchia, ↑order Nudibranchia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Aplysia, ↑genus Aplysia, ↑Tethys, ↑genus Tethus

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\\tə̇ˈthīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin; in sense 1, from Tethyum, type genus + -idae; in sense 2, from Tethys, type genus + -idae

1. : a family of simple ascidians with tough leathery often brightly colored tests, large branchial sacs, and several lateral longitudinal folds — see tethyum

2. : a family of mollusks (suborder Tectibranchia) including the sea hares — see tethys

Useful english dictionary. 2012.