sea hare

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see hair]
- /si hɛər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see hair]
- /si hɛər/

Definitions of sea hare words

noun sea hare any gastropod of the order Aplysiacea, comprising large marine sluglike mollusks with a reduced, internal shell. 1
noun sea hare 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 0
noun sea hare any of a family (Aplysiidae) of large, sluglike, gastropod sea mollusks, with a rudimentary internal shell and a prominent front pair of tentacles 0

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Origin of sea hare

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Sea hare

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sea hare popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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