Definitions for jellyfishˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jel•ly•fishˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ(n.)(pl.)-fish; -fish•es.
any stinging, jellylike marine cnidarian of the class Scyphozoa, living in the developmental stage as a tiny attached polyp and in the adult stage as a large free-floating medusa with trailing tentacles.
Category: Invertebrates
an indecisive or weak person.
Origin of jellyfish:
1700–10
Princeton's WordNet
Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish(noun)
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
jellyfish(noun)
any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
Wiktionary
jellyfish(Noun)
Almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
Webster Dictionary
Jellyfish(noun)
any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa
Translations for jellyfish
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- drilvisAfrikaans
- قَنْديل البَحْرArabic
- медузаBulgarian
- medusaPortuguese (BR)
- medúzaCzech
- die QualleGerman
- vandmand; brandmandDanish
- μέδουσαGreek
- medusaSpanish
- meduusEstonian
- چتر دریاییFarsi
- meduusaFinnish
- méduseFrench
- מְדוּזָהHebrew
- जेली मछलीHindi
- meduzaCroatian
- medúzaHungarian
- ubur-uburIndonesian
- marglyttaIcelandic
- medusaItalian
- くらげJapanese
- 강장(腔腸) 동물Korean
- medūzaLithuanian
- medūzaLatvian
- ubur-uburMalay
- kwalDutch
- (brenn)manetNorwegian
- meduzaPolish
- چتر دریاییPersian
- يو ډول بحري ژوى چې دشمزۍ هډوكى نلريPashto
- alforrecaPortuguese
- meduzăRomanian
- медузаRussian
- medúzaSlovak
- meduzaSlovenian
- meduzaSerbian
- manetSwedish
- แมงกะพรุนThai
- deniz anası, medüzTurkish
- 海蜇, 水母Chinese (Trad.)
- медузаUkrainian
- جیلی کی طرح نرم جسم والی ستارہ مچھلیUrdu
- con sứaVietnamese
- 海蜇，水母Chinese (Simp.)
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