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Gelatinous

//d͡ʒəˈlæt.ɪn.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Jelly-like.

    "In certain star-fishes, small depressions in the layer of pigment which surrounds the nerve are filled, as described by the author just quoted, with transparent gelatinous matter, and this projects outwardly with a convex surface, like the cornea in the higher animals."

  2. 2
    Of or referring to gelatin.
Adjective
  1. 1
    thick like gelatin wordnet

Etymology

From gelatine + -ous; probably modeled on French gélatineux.

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