Jellyfish

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of numerous usually free-swimming marine cnidarians of the class Scyphozoa, characteristically having a gelatinous, tentacled, often bell-shaped medusa stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle.
  • noun. Any of various similar or related cnidarians.
  • noun. One who lacks force of character; a weakling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A popular name of many kinds of acalephs, medusas, sea-blubbers, or sea-nettles: so called from the soft, gelatinous structure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See medusa and acaleph.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
  • noun. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
    • Word Usage
    "The term "jellyfish" often is used to denote weakness."
    cross-reference
    medusa  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    siphonophore  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abalone  algae  anemone  mussel  octopi  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Chilopoda  Chordata  Echiuroidea  Ectoprocta  Entoprocta  
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    Medusa  acaleph  jellyfishes  
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