Jellyfish Definition

jĕlē-fĭsh
jellyfishes
noun
jellyfishes
Any of various free-swimming, mostly marine cnidarians (esp. class Scyphozoa) with a body made up largely of jellylike substance and shaped like an umbrella: it has long, hanging tentacles with stinging cells on them.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar or related cnidarians.
American Heritage Medicine
A weak-willed person.
Webster's New World
One who lacks force of character; a weakling.
American Heritage

(zoology) An almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

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jellyfish
Plural:
jellyfishes

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Jellyfish Sentence Examples

  • Click the right arrow as the jellyfish to the right pass into the dotted line, the down arrow as the jellyfish in the center get to the dotted line, and the left arrow as the jellyfish to the left approach the center of the dotted line.

  • Swarms of jellyfish slowly began to collect in a pool of morning light.

  • Jellyfish venom is delivered by barbs called nematocysts, which are located on the creature's tentacles and penetrate the skin of people who brush up against them.

  • The hard skeleton of coral is built by a community of animals related to jellyfish, coral polyps.

  • Other potential hazards include jellyfish, Force 6 winds and waves around two meters high.

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