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Jellyfish

//ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. countable, uncountable

    "A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities."

  2. 2
    any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans wordnet
  3. 3
    An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; Any of various species of cnidarians in the subphylum Medusozoa, including box jellyfish (class Cubozoa), true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), stalked jellyfish (class Staurozoa), and certain hydrozoans. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles wordnet
  5. 5
    An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; Any of various species of cnidarians in the subphylum Medusozoa, including box jellyfish (class Cubozoa), true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), stalked jellyfish (class Staurozoa), and certain hydrozoans.; The medusa phase of these animals rather than a younger life stage. countable, especially, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely four rows and four columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English jellyfish From jelly + fish. From being an aquatic creature (i.e. fish) that is gelatinous (“jelly”). Despite the name, jellyfish are not biologically classified as fish. The term appeared in the mid-19th century and displaced various older terms such as sea jelly (now much less common), blubber/sea blubber, nettle/sea nettle (both now referring to specific jellyfish species), and, in scientific literature, medusa.

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