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compass jellyfish

compass jellyfish noun: chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea.

compass jellyfish: chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea
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Noun

compass jellyfish (plural compass jellyfishes or compass jellyfish)

  1. Chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Forms of compass jellyfish

pluralcompass jellyfishes
pluralcompass jellyfish

Origin of compass jellyfish

When viewed from above, the patterns on the bell of these jellyfish may resemble compass points.

Questions about compass jellyfish

What does compass jellyfish mean?
Compass jellyfish means chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea.
What part of speech is compass jellyfish?
Compass jellyfish is a noun.
What is the plural of compass jellyfish?
The plural of compass jellyfish is compass jellyfishes.

Words near compass jellyfish in the dictionary

  1. compass deflections
  2. compass dial
  3. compass dials
  4. compass error
  5. compass errors
  6. compass jellyfish
  7. compass jellyfishes
  8. compass needle
  9. compass needles
  10. compass out
  11. compass plane

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