sea nettle

American  

noun

1. any large, stinging jellyfish.

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Etymology

Origin of sea nettle

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Hundreds of maroon sea nettle jellyfish drifted under the boat, and dolphin pods followed our wake.

From Washington Post

While moon jellies usually don’t sting, another kind of jellyfish called the Pacific sea nettle does sting — sometimes even after it’s dead.

From Seattle Times

He began to amass a long list of other potential dangers, including hypothermia, hyperthermia, exposure, mass calorie deficit, the great white shark, the oceanic whitecap shark, the Portuguese-man-of-war and another jellyfish, the Atlantic sea nettle.

From The Guardian

The jelly- fish community is upside down, too, with a complete shift underway from predominantly Pacific sea nettle, to the much smaller water jelly.

From Seattle Times

While sea slugs can eat the sea nettle polyps, the jellyfish are thriving in the low-oxygen waters of lagoons, which don’t get flushed all that much by tides.

From Washington Times