These creatures evolved from simpler organisms like jellyfish.
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Jellyfish
//ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ//
Synonyms for "jellyfish" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
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9 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
163 translations across 105 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Afrikaans
1 entries- jellievis noun (aquatic animal)
Albanian
1 entries- kandil deti noun (aquatic animal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἁλιπλεύμων noun (aquatic animal)
Arabic
3 entries- قَنْديل noun (aquatic animal)
- قِنْدِيل noun (aquatic animal)
- قِنْدِيل الْبَحْر noun (aquatic animal)
Armenian
1 entries- մեդուզա noun (aquatic animal)
Assamese
2 entries- জেলীমাছ noun (aquatic animal)
- সাগৰীয়া ছাতি noun (aquatic animal)
Asturian
4 entries- aguamala noun (aquatic animal)
- celentereu noun (aquatic animal)
- marmoca noun (aquatic animal)
- veleru noun (aquatic animal)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dəniz anası noun (aquatic animal)
- dəniz göbələyi noun (aquatic animal)
- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Basque
1 entries- marmoka noun (aquatic animal)
Belarusian
1 entries- меду́за noun (aquatic animal)
Bengali
1 entries- জেলিফিশ noun (aquatic animal)
Bikol Central
2 entries- palit noun (aquatic animal)
- salabay noun (aquatic animal)
Breton
2 entries- blonegenn-vor noun (aquatic animal)
- morgaoulenn noun (aquatic animal)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- ubur-ubur noun (aquatic animal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- меду́за noun (aquatic animal)
- медуза noun (life stage of a cnidarian)
- медуза noun (sudoku technique)
Burmese
1 entries- ငါးဖန်ခွက် noun (aquatic animal)
Catalan
2 entries- borm noun (aquatic animal)
- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
Central Melanau
1 entries- buboh noun (aquatic animal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏩᏂᎨ ᎠᏣᏗ noun (aquatic animal)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 水母 noun (aquatic animal)
- 海蜇 noun (aquatic animal)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 水母 noun (aquatic animal)
- 海蜇 noun (aquatic animal)
Comox
1 entries- q̓ʊpɬanačaɬ noun (aquatic animal)
Cornish
1 entries- morgowlesen noun (aquatic animal)
Czech
1 entries- medúza noun (aquatic animal)
Danish
3 entries- brandmand noun (aquatic animal)
- gople noun (aquatic animal)
- vandmand noun (aquatic animal)
Dutch
1 entries- kwal noun (aquatic animal)
Esperanto
1 entries- meduzo noun (aquatic animal)
Estonian
2 entries- meduus noun (aquatic animal)
- millimallikas noun (aquatic animal)
Finnish
1 entries- meduusa noun (aquatic animal)
French
1 entries- méduse noun (aquatic animal)
Galician
2 entries- augamar noun (aquatic animal)
- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
Georgian
1 entries- მედუზა noun (aquatic animal)
German
3 entries- Meduse noun (aquatic animal)
- Meduse noun (aquatic animal)
- Qualle noun (aquatic animal)
Greek
2 entries- μέδουσα noun (aquatic animal)
- τσούχτρα noun (aquatic animal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pololia noun (aquatic animal)
Hebrew
1 entries- מֶדוּזָה noun (aquatic animal)
Hindi
2 entries- गिजगिजिया noun (aquatic animal)
- जेलिफ़िश noun (aquatic animal)
Hungarian
1 entries- medúza noun (aquatic animal)
Icelandic
1 entries- marglytta noun (aquatic animal)
Ido
1 entries- meduzo noun (aquatic animal)
Ilocano
1 entries- karominas noun (aquatic animal)
Indonesian
2 entries- ampai-ampai noun (aquatic animal)
- ubur-ubur noun (aquatic animal)
Ingrian
1 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Interlingua
1 entries- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
Irish
1 entries- smugairle róin noun (aquatic animal)
Italian
1 entries- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
Japanese
4 entries- すいぼ noun (aquatic animal)
- クラゲ noun (aquatic animal)
- 水母 noun (aquatic animal)
- 海月 noun (aquatic animal)
Javanese
1 entries- uwur-uwur noun (aquatic animal)
Kazakh
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Khmer
2 entries- ខ្ញែរសមុទ្រ noun (aquatic animal)
- ជំពុលទឹក noun (aquatic animal)
Kimaragang
1 entries- bolung noun (aquatic animal)
Korean
1 entries- 해파리 noun (aquatic animal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Lao
2 entries- ກະພົນ noun (aquatic animal)
- ແມງກະພົນ noun (aquatic animal)
Latin
2 entries- halipleumon noun (aquatic animal)
- pulmo noun (aquatic animal)
Latvian
1 entries- medūza noun (aquatic animal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- medūza noun (aquatic animal)
Lushootseed
1 entries- kəlapχʷəlč noun (aquatic animal)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Jelliskapp noun (aquatic animal)
Macedonian
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Malay
3 entries- ampai-ampai noun (aquatic animal)
- obor-obor noun (aquatic animal)
- ubur-ubur noun (aquatic animal)
Malayalam
1 entries- കടല്ച്ചൊറി noun (aquatic animal)
Maltese
1 entries- brama noun (aquatic animal)
Manx
4 entries- skeeah ny muc varrey noun (aquatic animal)
- skeeah rauney noun (aquatic animal)
- slouree noun (aquatic animal)
- slumm noun (aquatic animal)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- sasap noun (aquatic animal)
Mongolian
1 entries- медуз noun (aquatic animal)
Māori
4 entries- kakaru moana noun (aquatic animal)
- kūreperepe moana noun (aquatic animal)
- kūreperepe-ā-tai noun (aquatic animal)
- maremaretai noun (aquatic animal)
Navajo
1 entries- jélii łóóʼ noun (aquatic animal)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- bûka deryayê noun (aquatic animal)
- medûsa noun (aquatic animal)
- pişemasî noun (aquatic animal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- manet noun (aquatic animal)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Pashto
1 entries- مېډوسا noun (aquatic animal)
Polish
1 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Portuguese
3 entries- alforreca noun (aquatic animal)
- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
- água-viva noun (aquatic animal)
Quechua
1 entries- kachu k'arachiq noun (aquatic animal)
Romanian
1 entries- meduză noun (aquatic animal)
Russian
1 entries- меду́за noun (aquatic animal)
Saanich
1 entries- SȽW̱EM¸Í¸ḴSEN noun (aquatic animal)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgeoldair noun (aquatic animal)
- sgoldrach noun (aquatic animal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Sicilian
1 entries- bromu noun (aquatic animal)
Sinhalese
2 entries- ජෙලිෆිෂ් noun (aquatic animal)
- ලොඩි noun (aquatic animal)
Slovak
1 entries- medúza noun (aquatic animal)
Slovene
1 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Spanish
4 entries- aguamala noun (aquatic animal)
- aguaviva noun (aquatic animal)
- malagua noun (aquatic animal)
- medusa noun (aquatic animal)
Swedish
1 entries- manet noun (aquatic animal)
Tagalog
1 entries- dikya noun (aquatic animal)
Tahitian
1 entries- paʻipaʻi noun (aquatic animal)
Tajik
1 entries- медуза noun (aquatic animal)
Tamil
2 entries- இழுது noun (aquatic animal)
- சொறிமுட்டை noun (aquatic animal)
Thai
2 entries- กะพรุน noun (aquatic animal)
- แมงกะพรุน noun (aquatic animal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ዓሳ ለግለግ noun (aquatic animal)
Turkish
1 entries- denizanası noun (aquatic animal)
Turkmen
1 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- меду́за noun (aquatic animal)
Urdu
1 entries- جیلِیفِش noun (aquatic animal)
Uyghur
1 entries- مېدۇزا noun (aquatic animal)
Uzbek
1 entries- meduza noun (aquatic animal)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sứa noun (aquatic animal)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- bantol noun (aquatic animal)
Welsh
3 entries- cont fôr noun (aquatic animal)
- cont y môr noun (aquatic animal)
- slefren fôr noun (aquatic animal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kwab noun (aquatic animal)
Yiddish
1 entries- מעדוזע noun (aquatic animal)
Yup'ik
4 entries- egaarniq noun (aquatic animal)
- itulek noun (aquatic animal)
- masaaq noun (aquatic animal)
- nuayaaq noun (aquatic animal)
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There are lots of jellyfish in the ocean in September.
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There are jellyfish out there today, so watch out.
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Beware of jellyfish.
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