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box jellyfish

box jellyfish noun: pacific jellyfish of class Cubozoa.

box jellyfish: pacific jellyfish of class Cubozoa
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Noun

box jellyfish (plural box jellyfish or box jellyfishes)

  1. Pacific jellyfish of class Cubozoa.

Forms of box jellyfish

pluralbox jellyfish
pluralbox jellyfishes

Words formed from box jellyfish

Questions about box jellyfish

What does box jellyfish mean?
Box jellyfish means pacific jellyfish of class Cubozoa.
What part of speech is box jellyfish?
Box jellyfish is a noun.
What is the plural of box jellyfish?
The plural of box jellyfish is box jellyfish.

Words near box jellyfish in the dictionary

  1. box in
  2. box iron
  3. box irons
  4. box jellies
  5. box jelly
  6. box jellyfish
  7. box jellyfishes
  8. box joint
  9. box joints
  10. box junction
  11. box junctions

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