jellyfish

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noun,plural (especially collectively) jel·ly·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) jel·ly·fish·es.
  1. any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.

  2. Informal. a person without strong resolve or stamina; an indecisive or weak person.

Origin of jellyfish

1
1700–10; 1910–15 for def. 2; jelly + fish

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jellyfish

/ (ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ) /


nounplural -fish or -fishes
  1. any marine medusoid coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, having a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body with trailing tentacles

  2. any other medusoid coelenterate

  1. informal a weak indecisive person

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