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jellyfish

[ jel-ee-fish ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) jellyfish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) jellyfishes.
  1. any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
  2. Informal. a person without strong resolve or stamina; an indecisive or weak person.


jellyfish

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noun

  1. any marine medusoid coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, having a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body with trailing tentacles
  2. any other medusoid coelenterate
  3. informal.
    a weak indecisive person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of jellyfish1

1700–10; 1910–15 jellyfish fordef 2; jelly + fish
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The exhibits include a variety of fish species, frogs, snakes, sea dragons, jellyfish and even a few birds.

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Seagrasses provide shelters, nurseries, and feeding grounds for thousands of species, including endangered animals such as dugongs, stalked jellyfish and smalltooth sawfish.

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After the aquarium shut for renovation in December, the sunfish stopped eating jellyfish and started rubbing its body against the tank, the Mainichi Shimbun reported on Monday.

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To avoid being eaten, the mollusk hides with its transparent body and makes a quick escape by quickly closing its oral hood, similar to the movements of a jellyfish.

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