jellyfish

Definition of Jellyfish in English :

Noun

1. jellyfish, man-of-war, portuguese man-of-war

large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

2. jellyfish

any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun plural -fish or -fishes

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

Jellyfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈjellyˌfish or ˈjellyˌfishes

1.

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

2. Informal

a weak-willed person

Jellyfish

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n. pl. jellyfish or jel·ly·fish·es

1.

a. 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. Also called true jellyfish.

b. Any of various similar or related cnidarians.

2. Informal One who lacks force of character; a weakling.

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