acaleph

[ ak-uh-lef ]

noun

1. (in former classifications) any coelenterate of the group Acalephae, including the sea nettles and jellyfishes.

acaleph

/ ˈækəˌlɛf /

noun

1. obsolete.
   any of the coelenterates of the former taxonomic group Acalephae, which included the jellyfishes

Word History and Origins

Origin of acaleph¹

1700–10; < New Latin acalepha < Greek akalḗphē stinging nettle, sea anemone

Word History and Origins

Origin of acaleph¹

C18: from New Latin, from Greek akalēphē a sting

Example Sentences

The medus are often termed the Acaleph—a word which signifies nettles, and they are popularly known as sea nettles.

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It exists occasionally in considerable numbers on the internal surface of some Acaleph of the ocean and of the Mediterranean.

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Perhaps they too act like the venomous matter produced in the thread-capsules of the Acaleph.

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The color of this pretty Acaleph varies from a greenish hue to green, with a faint tinge of red, or to a reddish brown.

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And throughout considerable portions of their bodies, some of the Acaleph exhibit more or less distinctly this type of structure.

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