Defenition of the word jellyfish
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Defenition of the word jellyfish
- A marine animal of the subphylum Medusozoa consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
- any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
- large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
Synonyms for the word jellyfish
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- jelly
- man-of-war
- medusa
- medusan
- Portuguese man-of-war
- sea jelly
Meronymys for the word jellyfish
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- Cnidaria
- Coelenterata
- genus Physalia
- phylum Cnidaria
- phylum Coelenterata
- Physalia
Hyponyms for the word jellyfish
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- Aegina
- Chrysaora quinquecirrha
- medusa
Hypernyms for the word jellyfish
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- animal
- cnidarian
- coelenterate
- siphonophore
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