Jellyfish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jellyfish \Jel"ly*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species,
     having a jellylike appearance. See {Medusa} and {acaleph}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jellyfish
       n 1: large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging
            tentacles [syn: {Portuguese man-of-war}, {man-of-war}]
       2: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming
          coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive
          forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [syn: {medusa}, {medusan}]
       [also: {jellyfishes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jellyfish":
     Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta,
     Milquetoast, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baby,
     big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat,
     dull tool, fence-sitter, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker,
     gutless wonder, invertebrate, lightweight, lily liver, meek soul,
     milksop, mollycoddle, mouse, mugwump, namby-pamby, nebbish,
     nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat,
     shilly-shally, sissy, softling, softy, sop, waverer, weak sister,
     weakling, white feather, white liver, wobbler