moon jellyfish

noun

a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.

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Also called moon jelly.

Words nearby moon jellyfish

moon blindness, moon child, moon dog, moon face, moon gate, moon jellyfish, moon knife, moon letter, moon pillar, moon pool, moon rat