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sea wasp

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sea wasp
n.
Any of various jellyfishes of the class Cubozoa, having a cube-shaped medusa and a venomous, sometimes fatal sting.

sea wasp
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral another name for box jellyfish


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