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PRONUNCIATION OF SEA HARE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEA HARE

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Sea hare is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SEA HARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aplysiomorpha

The clade Aplysiomorpha, commonly known as sea hares, are medium-sized to very large Opisthobranchia with a soft internal shell made of protein. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamilies Aplysioidea and Akeroidea. The common name "sea hare" is direct translation from Latin lepus marinus, as the animal was called so already in Roman times. The name derives from their rounded shape and from the two long rhinophores that project upwards from their heads and that somewhat resemble the ears of a hare.

Definition of sea hare in the English dictionary

The definition of sea hare in the dictionary is any of various marine gastropods of the order Aplysiomorpha, esp Aplysia punctata, having a soft body with an internal shell and two pairs of earlike tentacles.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SEA HARE

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Synonyms and antonyms of sea hare in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sea hare» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEA HARE

Find out the translation of sea hare to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sea hare from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sea hare» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海兔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

liebre de mar
570 millions of speakers

English

sea hare
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्र खरगोश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأرنب البحر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морской заяц
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lebre mar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমুদ্র খরগোশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lièvre de mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelinci laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seehasen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アメフラシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바다 토끼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Segara wedhi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thỏ biển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடல் முயல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समुद्र ससा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Deniz tavşanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lepre mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zając morski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морської заєць
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iepure mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαλάσσιος λαγός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

see haas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjöhare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sea ​​hare
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sea hare

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA HARE»

The term «sea hare» is normally little used and occupies the 117.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA HARE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sea hare

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA HARE»

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Rifleman - sea slug
The California sea hare, Aplysia californica, ejects purple ink as a form of self- defense. Sea horses such as this Pacific or yellow sea horse,. Each sea hare is hermaphroditic (possesses both male and female organs), but is not self- fertilizing.
‎2002
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Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life: Texas, ...
Migration of the Sea Hare Another sight familiar to visitors to the South Texas jetties in late spring and early summer is the migration of the sea hare, Aplysia brasiliana (Figure 2.17), as it passes through the channel on its way to breed in the ...
Susan B. Rothschild, 2004
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Aplysia Badistes, a Peculiar Floridan Sea-Hare: Notulae ...
different coloration and apparently lacks the specialized foot sole of our sea- hare . The chief difference however is in the teeth of the radula, the cusps being strikingly unlike, especially those of the lateral teeth. In .4. badistes the middle and ...
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Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean
The Sea Hares or Inkfish Spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela Rang The animal is roughly elliptical in shape with a flattened, crawling foot ventrally and two long flaps dorsally that cover a longitudinal central groove. The extensible head ...
Gilbert L. Voss, 2013
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Drugs from the Sea
19 Sone H, Nemoto T, Ishiwata H, Ojika H, Yamada K: Isolation, structure, and synthesis of dolastatin D, a cytotoxic cyclic depsipeptide from the sea hare Dolabella auricularia. Tetrahedron Lett 1993; 34:8449–8452. 20 Ojika M, Nemoto T, ...
Nobuhiro Fusetani, 2000
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Oceanography And Marine Biology
INTRODUCTION The sea hare Aplysia has been known in writings for 2000 years. From Pliny's imaginative observations in the first century AD, which credited this novel but innocuous “fish” with a variety of poisonous and other abhorrent ...
Harold Barnes, 2003
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California Sea Hare
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Iosias Jody, 2012
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Anticancer Agents from Natural Products, Second Edition
Mutou, T., Kondo, T., Ojika, M., and Yamada, K., Isolation and stereostructures of dolastatin G and nordolastatin G, cytotoxic 35-membered cyclodepsipeptides from the Japanese sea hare Dolabella auricularia, J. Org. Chem., 61,6340, 1996.
Gordon M. Cragg, David G. I. Kingston, David J. Newman, 2011
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A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores: Cape ...
SPOTTED SEA HARE Apfysia dactylomela PL 49 Body olive drab with black, ringlihe spots. May be large — to 40 cm )15 in.). Emits a cloud of purple mucus when disturbed. Usually found^ browsing on algae in Turtle Grass beds; young may ...
Eugene H. Kaplan, Roger Tory Peterson, 1999
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Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs: The Unique South
Although the sea-hare's life history was played out on one or other ofthe two algae, Delisea and Laurencia, according to site, it did eat other species of red algae. However, dietary studies revealed a complex picture (Rogers et al.1995, 2002).
Scoresby Shepherd, Graham Edgar, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEA HARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sea hare is used in the context of the following news items.
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What IS that?! Slimy critters washing ashore along the Treasure Coast
They're called sea hares, and look like black slugs. They've been washing up in massive numbers on Martin and St. Lucie County beaches the past couple of ... «WPBF West Palm Beach, Jul 15»
2
Unusual sea hares spotted in Fla. waters
The Florida Oceanographic Society says that because of their extensive neural circuits -- interconnecting neurons in the brain that pass messages -- sea hares ... «AOL News, Jul 15»
3
FOUND: Giant, Eerie Hermaphroditic Sea Slugs
Sea hares are a type of giant, hermaphroditic sea slug. Really giant. As ABC News reports, "they can reach up to 15 pounds and almost three feet in length. «Atlas Obscura, Jul 15»
4
Mysterious Slugs Resembling Human Organs Wash Ashore in …
"The California sea hare is common in southern California but is only found in northern California when there is warmer water, such as during El Nino years," Dr. «AccuWeather.com, Jun 15»
5
El Niño Helps Bring Giant Purple Sea Slugs, Tuna Crabs Onto …
These purple slugs are known as sea hares, and they're totally harmless to humans, ABC 7 News also said. Hundreds of miles to the south, thousands of tuna ... «The Weather Channel, Jun 15»
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Invasion of the blob? Giant purple sea slugs slime East Bay beaches
These California sea hares are harmless plant eaters, but their big size and unusual abundance this year is turning heads at the shorelines at Crab Cove in ... «Contra Costa Times, Jun 15»
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Ask the Naturalist: Why Are Sea Hares Multiplying In Lake Merritt?
Recently, nearly a hundred California sea hares – a species of giant sea slug – have been spotted in Oakland's Lake Merritt, as well as in Tomales Bay in Point ... «Bay Nature, May 15»
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Why is California crawling with hot pink sea slugs?
“We've also had a reliable report of California Sea Hares on the outer Sonoma coast, far north of the usual range of this large herbivorous sea slug.” The 1977 ... «Futurity: Research News, Jan 15»
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'Three Meals a Day' Cha Seung Won Makes Food With Sea Hare
The cable channel tvN's entertainment program 'Three Meals a Day' members Yoo Hae Jin and Cha Seung Won made food with sea hare that they caught while ... «KDramaStars, Jan 15»
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Boat noise impacts development and survival of vital marine …
The development and survival of an important group of marine invertebrates known as sea hares is under threat from increasing boat noise in the world's oceans ... «University of Bristol, Jul 14»

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