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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