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true jellyfish

true jellyfish noun: any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.

true jellyfish: any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent,...
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Noun

true jellyfish (plural true jellyfishes or true jellyfish)

  1. Any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.

Forms of true jellyfish

pluraltrue jellyfishes
pluraltrue jellyfish

Origin of true jellyfish

From true (sense 5.1).

Questions about true jellyfish

What does true jellyfish mean?
True jellyfish means any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.
What part of speech is true jellyfish?
True jellyfish is a noun.
What is the plural of true jellyfish?
The plural of true jellyfish is true jellyfishes.

Words near true jellyfish in the dictionary

  1. true friend
  2. true friends
  3. true frog
  4. true frogs
  5. true grit
  6. true jellyfish
  7. true laurel
  8. true laurels
  9. true leaf
  10. true leaves
  11. true lemur

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