sea hare

1. 1.

   naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles

   SynonymsAplysia punctata

   Broadergastropod

   Part ofAplysia

Questions about sea hare

What does sea hare mean?

sea hare means "naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles".

What is another word for sea hare?

Close synonyms include Aplysia punctata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea hare a common word?

sea hare is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.