sea hare en · NOUN
Etymology
From their marine habitat and a pair of rhinophores that resemble a rabbit's ears.
Meanings
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Any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.
Pliny saith that there are certaine Seahares in India that to us are poison, and we bane to them; so that we die if we but touch them; now whether is man or the Sea-hare poison?
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sea hares | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sea-hare | alternative | lexicographic | |
| seahare | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (18)
gl bigornia (large marine gastropod mollusc) · ca llebre de mar (large marine gastropod mollusc) · br buoc'h-vor (large marine gastropod mollusc) · es liebre de mar (large marine gastropod mollusc) · nb sjøhare (large marine gastropod mollusc) · nl zeehaas (large marine gastropod mollusc) · vi bún mẹ (large marine gastropod mollusc) · pl zając morski (large marine gastropod mollusc) · sv sjöhare (large marine gastropod mollusc) · it lepre marina (large marine gastropod mollusc) · ja アメフラシ (large marine gastropod mollusc) · sq lepur deti (large marine gastropod mollusc) · haw kualakai (large marine gastropod mollusc) · nv chʼoshłóóʼ bideetsohígíí (large marine gastropod mollusc) · vi thỏ biển (large marine gastropod mollusc) · de Seehase (large marine gastropod mollusc) · cy môr-geinach (large marine gastropod mollusc) · fr lièvre de mer (large marine gastropod mollusc)