sea hare

American  

noun

1. any gastropod of the order Aplysiacea, comprising large marine sluglike mollusks with a reduced, internal shell.

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sea hare British  

noun

1. any of various marine gastropods of the order Aplysiomorpha (or Anaspidea ), esp Aplysia punctata, having a soft body with an internal shell and two pairs of earlike tentacles

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Etymology

Origin of sea hare

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

"If the ice were strong enough the bears, or at least some of them, would have already gone to sea, where they could hunt for seals or sea hares," he told BBC News.

From Fox News

"If the ice were strong enough the bears, or at least some of them, would have already gone to sea, where they could hunt for seals or sea hares," he said.

From BBC

She’s started investigating the reproductive patterns of sea hares, a group of molluscs that are more resilient to increasing ocean temperatures than corals are.

From Nature

In the sea and along its shores swarm organisms of the other living world — marine diatoms, crustaceans, ascidians, sea hares, priapulids, coral, loriciferans and on through the still mostly unfilled encyclopedia of life.

From New York Times

The biohybrid bot uses muscle cells taken from around the mouth of the Aplysia californica, a sea slug also known as the Californian sea hare.

From The Verge