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nettle-fish

nettle-fish noun: jellyfish; sea nettle.

Noun

nettle-fish

  1. (archaic) jellyfish; sea nettle

Questions about nettle-fish

What does nettle-fish mean?
Nettle-fish means jellyfish; sea nettle.
What part of speech is nettle-fish?
Nettle-fish is a noun.

Words near nettle-fish in the dictionary

  1. nettle cloth
  2. nettle tree
  3. nettle tree butterflies
  4. nettle tree butterfly
  5. nettle trees
  6. nettle-fish
  7. nettle-leaf giant hyssop
  8. nettle-leaf giant hyssops
  9. nettle-leaf horsemint
  10. nettle-leaf horsemints
  11. nettle-leaf porterweed

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