jellyfish
jel·ly·fish
noun
1.
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
2.
any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
Origin
From jelly + fish.
Phrases
- alarm jellyfish
- arctic red jellyfish
- Atolla jellyfish
- barrel jellyfish
- blubber jellyfish
- blue blubber jellyfish
- blue bottle jellyfish
- box jellyfish
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