sīˈanēə, -ān- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of cyaneus dark blue, from Greek kyaneos, from kyanos dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli
: a genus of scyphozoan jellyfishes chiefly of temperate and arctic seas that includes the common red stinging jellyfish ( C. capillata ) of the No. Atlantic coast which reputedly attains a maximum diameter of over seven feet