acaleph

(ˈækəˌlɛf) or

acalephe

(Animals) obsolete any of the coelenterates of the former taxonomic group Acalephae, which included the jellyfishes

[C18: from New Latin, from Greek akalēphē a sting]

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Emerson writes that "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited than the acaleph which adds a cell to the coral reef which is the basis of this continent." Miller would be Emerson's echo: leaving the house, he is "out for a short walk"--a short walk as his entirety a life--"all accomplished in the turning of a page." Attribution is never wholly his interest, but he attaches himself to anything he looks at....

The reverse of Don Quixote

Acalephes. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris.

Systematics and Biogeography of the Jellyfish Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

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