acaleph
(in former classifications) any coelenterate of the group Acalephae, including the sea nettles and jellyfishes.
Origin of acaleph
1- Also ac·a·lephe [ak-uh-leef]. /ˈæk əˌlif/.
Words Nearby acaleph
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How to use acaleph in a sentence
The medus are often termed the acaleph—a word which signifies nettles, and they are popularly known as sea nettles.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxIt exists occasionally in considerable numbers on the internal surface of some acaleph of the ocean and of the Mediterranean.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenPerhaps they too act like the venomous matter produced in the thread-capsules of the acaleph.
The color of this pretty acaleph varies from a greenish hue to green, with a faint tinge of red, or to a reddish brown.
Seaside Studies in Natural History | Elizabeth Cabot Cary AgassizAnd throughout considerable portions of their bodies, some of the acaleph exhibit more or less distinctly this type of structure.
Illustrations of Universal Progress | Herbert Spencer
British Dictionary definitions for acaleph
/ (ˈækəˌlɛf) /
obsolete any of the coelenterates of the former taxonomic group Acalephae, which included the jellyfishes
Origin of acaleph
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