acalephe

Variant of acaleph

acaleph definition

aca·leph (ak′ə lef′)

noun

Obsolete any of several invertebrate animals, as jellyfish, that swim or float about in the open sea; coelenterate or ctenophore (former class Acalephes, phylum Zoophyta)
also acalephe ac′a·lephe′ (-lēf′)

Etymology: < Gr akalēphē, a nettle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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