jellyfish

B2 Topic:Animals

Also spelled jelly-fish

US /ˈdʒɛliˌfɪʃ/ UK /ˈdʒɛliˌfɪʃ/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a soft sea animal with a gelatinous body and stinging tentacles

    A jellyfish drifted near the shore.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms jelly-fishes
Related forms seatentaclemarine

Etymology

Compound of jelly + fish, named for its gelatinous body though it is not a fish.

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