Sea Nettle Definition
noun
Any of several jellyfish with long tentacles that deliver a painful sting, especially Chrysaora quinquecirrha of the Atlantic.
American Heritage Medicine
Any large jellyfish.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sea Nettle
Noun
Singular:
sea nettle
Plural:
sea-nettlesOrigin of Sea Nettle
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Because of its sting. See nettle (“stinging plant").
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