Associations to the word «Jellyfish»

Wiktionary

JELLYFISH, noun. An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
JELLYFISH, noun. A cnidarian, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.
JELLYFISH, noun. A scyphozoan, a member of the class Scyphozoa (the true jellies).
JELLYFISH, noun. A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (the comb jellies).
JELLYFISH BABY, noun. A still-born infant resulting from radiation poisoning
JELLYFISH TREE, noun. A rare tree, Medusagyne oppositifolia, indigenous to the island of Mahé in the Seychelles.

Dictionary definition

JELLYFISH, noun. Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles.
JELLYFISH, noun. Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans.

Wise words

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