jellyfish

jel·ly·fish

 (jĕl′ē-fĭsh′)

n. pl. jellyfish or jel·ly·fish·es

1.

a. Any of numerous usually free-swimming marine cnidarians of the class Scyphozoa, characteristically having a gelatinous, tentacled, often bell-shaped medusa stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle. Also called true jellyfish.

b. Any of various similar or related cnidarians.

2. Informal One who lacks force of character; a weakling.

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jellyfish

(ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

1. (Animals) any marine medusoid coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, having a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body with trailing tentacles

2. (Animals) any other medusoid coelenterate

3. informal a weak indecisive person

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jel•ly•fish

(ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

1. any stinging, jellylike marine cnidarian of the class Scyphozoa, living in the developmental stage as a tiny attached polyp and in the adult stage as a large free-floating medusa with trailing tentacles.

2. an indecisive or weak person.

[1700–10]

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jel·ly·fish

(jĕl′ē-fĭsh′)

Any of numerous invertebrate marine animals having a soft, often umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around a central mouth. Jellyfish are cnidarians and are related to the hydras and corals. See also medusa, polyp.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jellyfish - large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war siphonophore - a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored genus Physalia, Physalia - Portuguese man-of-war
	2.	jellyfish - any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata - hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals cnidarian, coelenterate - radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms Aegina - small medusa Chrysaora quinquecirrha - a type of jellyfish

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Translations

قَنْديل البَحْرقِنْدِيلُ البَحْر

medúzamedůza

vandmandbrandmandgople

Qualle

μέδουσα

medusa

کاواکان یاتوتیاء البحراقیانوس

meduusa

méduse

meduza

medúza

marglytta

medusa

クラゲ

해파리

halipleumonpulmo

medūza

kwal

manetbrennmanet

meduza

aguá-vivaágua-vivaalforrecamedusa

медуза

medúza

meduza

manet

แมงกะพรุน

deniz anasıdenizanasımedüz

con sứasứa

水母海蜇

jellyfish

[ˈdʒelɪfɪʃ] N (jellyfish or jellyfishes (pl)) → medusa f, aguamala f (Mex), aguaviva f (S. Cone)

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jellyfish

[ˈdʒɛlifɪʃ] n → méduse fjelly roll n (US) → gâteau m roulé

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jellyfish

[ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ] n → medusa

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jelly

(ˈdʒeli) – plural ˈjellies – noun

1. the juice of fruit boiled with sugar until it is firm, used like jam, or served with meat. jellie مُجَمَّدَة الفواكِه пелте gelatina želé das Gelee gelé ζελέjalea tarretis نوعی مربا hyytelö gelée מִקפָּא जेली, लूआब žele zselé, dzsem selai (ávaxta)hlaup gelatina ゼリー 젤리 drebučiai želeja jem geleigelégalareta جيلى، هغه مربا چې دميوو داوبو اوبوري ديو ځاى ايشولو په اثر لاس ته راځي geleia piftie желе želé žele, želatina marmelada gelé วุ้นฝรั่ง pelte 果汁煮成凍 желе گاڑھی پھلوں کے عرق اور شکر سے بنی غذا mứt 果子煮成冻

2. a transparent, smooth food, usually fruit-flavoured. I've made raspberry jelly for the party. jellie جيلي: هُلام الفواكِه желе gelatina želé das Gelee dessertgelé ζελέgelatina tarretis ژله hyytelö geléeג'לי अवलेह खाद्य želatina zselé; kocsonya selai hlaup gelatina ゼリー菓子 젤리 잼 želė želeja; galerts agar-agar geleigelégalaretka جيلى geleia jeleu желе želé žele žele [frukt]kräm เยลลี่ jöle 果凍，膠狀物 кисіль ایک شفاف میٹھی غذا thạch 果子冻

3. any jelly-like substance. Frogs' eggs are enclosed in a kind of jelly. sult مادَّةٌ هُلاميَّه желе gelatina želé die Gallerte gelé πηχτή ουσία που θυμίζει ζελέ jalea tarretis هر نوع ماده ژلاتینی hyytelö geléeג'לי जेली जैसी कोई चीज želatina kocsonyás massza lendir hlaup sostanza gelatinosa ゼリー状のもの 젤리 모양의 것 drebučiai receklis seperti diseliputi agar-agar drilgelé, glyegalareta جيلى geleia gel студнеподобная масса želé žele želatinasta supstanca gelé สารที่มีลักษณะคล้ายวุ้น pelte gibi şey 凍狀物 желеподібна, драглиста маса جیلی کی طرح کی کوئی شے giống như thạch 胶状物

4. (American) same as jam¹.

ˈjellyfish – plurals ˈjellyfish, ~ˈjellyfishes – noun

a kind of sea animal with a jelly-like body. The child was stung by a jellyfish. drilvis قَنْديل البَحْر медуза medusa medúza die Qualle vandmand; brandmand μέδουσαmedusa meduus چتر دریایی meduusa méduseמדוזה जेली मछली meduza medúza ubur-ubur marglytta medusa くらげ 강장(腔腸) 동물 medūza medūza ubur-ubur kwalmanetmeduza يو ډول بحري ژوى چې دشمزۍ هډوكى نلري alforreca meduză медуза medúza meduza meduza manet แมงกะพรุน deniz anası, medüz 海蜇, 水母 медуза جیلی کی طرح نرم جسم والی ستارہ مچھلی con sứa 海蜇，水母

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jellyfish

→ قِنْدِيلُ البَحْر medúza vandmand Qualle μέδουσα medusa meduusa méduse meduza medusa クラゲ 해파리 kwal manet meduza água-viva, alforreca медуза manet แมงกะพรุน deniz anası con sứa 水母

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• Are there jellyfish here? → هَلْ توجَدُ قَنَادِيلُ البَحْرِ هُنَا؟ → Jsou tu medúzy? → Er der brandmænd her? → Gibt es hier Quallen? → Έχει τσούχτρες εδώ; → ¿Hay medusas aquí? → Onko täällä maneetteja? → Il y a des méduses ici ? → Ima li ovdje meduza? → Ci sono delle meduse qui? → ここにクラゲはいますか？ → 여기에 해파리가 있나요? → Zijn er hier kwallen? → Er det maneter der? → Czy są tu meduzy? → Tem água-viva aqui? → Здесь водятся медузы? → Är det maneter här? → ที่นี่มีแมงกะพรุนไหม? → Burada deniz anası var mı? → Ở đây có sứa không? → 这儿有海蜇吗？

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jellyfish

n (pl -fish o -fishes) medusa, aguamala

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