JELLYFISH


Meaning of JELLYFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈje-lē-ˌfish ]

noun

Date: 1841

1.

a. : a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or scyphozoan and has a nearly transparent saucer-shaped body and extensible marginal tentacles studded with stinging cells

b. : siphonophore

c. : ctenophore

2. : a person lacking backbone or firmness

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jellyfish 1a

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.