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TETHYS
Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus
(noun) type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Tethys
(noun) (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Te"thys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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