 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jellyfish
noun
1: large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging
tentacles [syn: {Portuguese man-of-war}, {man-of-war}]
2: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming
coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive
forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [syn: {medusa}, {medusan}]
[also: {jellyfishes} (pl)]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jellyfish \Jel"ly*fish'\, noun (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species,
having a jellylike appearance. See {Medusa} and {acaleph}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jellyfish":
Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta,
Milquetoast, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baby,
big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat,
dull tool, fence-sitter, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker,
gutless wonder, invertebrate, lightweight, lily liver, meek soul,
milksop, mollycoddle, mouse, mugwump, namby-pamby, nebbish,
nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat,
shilly-shally, sissy, softling, softy, sop, waverer, weak sister,
weakling, white feather, white liver, wobbler
|
