jellyfish

en-noun

jellyfish (countable and uncountable, plural jellyfish or jellyfishes)

/ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Early Medieval Latin gelātabor.
Old French geleebor.
Middle English gele
English jelly
English fish
English jellyfish
From jelly + fish.

etymon

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

A cnidarian, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.

A scyphozoan, a member of the class Scyphozoa (true jellies).

A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies).

A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely four rows and four columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.


jelly

en-noun

jelly (countable and uncountable, plural jellies)

→ Chickasaw: cheliꞌ

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Early Medieval Latin gelātabor.
Old French geleebor.
Middle English gele
English jellyFrom Middle English gele, borrowed from Old French gelee, borrowed from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, from Latin gelō + -āta. Doublet of gelee.

etymon

Species of the phylum Cnidaria – the classic jelly – have existed in something close to their current form for at least 565 million years; Ctenophora, the comb jellies, are not much younger.

2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:


slobber

en-noun

slobber (countable and uncountable, plural slobbers)

From Middle English sloberen, borrowed from Middle Dutch slobberen (> Modern Dutch slobberen (“to slobber”)), related to West Frisian slobberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slobber”). Doublet of slabber and slaver. Compare also German schlabbern (“to slobber”). Not related to English slob.


snotty

(Australia, slang) The lion's mane jellyfish, which secretes a mucus that can foul fishing nets.


carvel

From Middle English carvel, carvelle, carvile, kervel (“small ship; caravel”), from Old French caruelle, carvelle, kirvelle, see further at caravel. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch karveel.


cepheid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae


scyphozoan

Any true jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa.


rhizostome

(obsolete) Any member of the Rhizostomata, certain discomedusan jellyfish.


scyphistoma

en-noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

scyphistomas (plural)
scyphistomata (plural)
scyphistomae (plural)

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

(zoology) An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.


sea nettle

Because of its sting. See nettle (“stinging plant”). Similar construction as Norwegian Nynorsk mannete.

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909


cassiopeid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cassiopeidae.


cyaneid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae.


pelagiid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae


moon jelly

In 1998, a swarm of large Aurelia (the standard moon jelly) moved into Big Glory Bay off New Zealand’s South Island, and killed 56,000 three-kilo salmon in their pens within half an hour.

A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.


jelly blubber

I listened to little oral essays on jelly blubbers, men-o'-war, sea slugs, blue-bottles, giant crabs, and even prawns.

His bum looks like one of those jelly-blubbers pulsating through the water.


lion's mane

Cyanea capillata, a large jellyfish that uses stinging tentacles to capture its prey.


conulariid

Any fossil cnidarian of the clade Conulariida


scyphomedusan

(zoology) Any jellyfish belonging to the Scyphomedusae.


discomedusan

(zoology) A jellyfish of the subclass Discomedusae.


rhizostomean

Belonging to the Rhizostomata, a former taxonomic suborder of jellyfish.


cabbage head

This deals with the vitamin content of the different parts of the cabbage head when the same varieties are grown in the spring (November to May) and in the fall (August to November).

1945, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Breeding better vegetables for the South at the U.S. Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, page 15:

Alternative form of cabbagehead
Head of cabbage

Originally built as a coal burner, Dantzler converted the old engine to a wood burner by the installation of a cabbage head stack, furnished by the Vulcan Works, and a set of wood type grates.

Alternative form of cabbagehead
Style of smokestack

The common jellyfish along the Texas coast are the lion's mane (Cyanea capillata), the sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), and cabbage head jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris).

2011, John Whorff, Kayaking the Texas Coast, page 11:

Alternative form of cabbagehead
Type of jellyfish

In a fault slice immediately to the east and southeast of the western ice-cap, stromatolitic "cabbage head' structures were observed.

1935, Paper - Geological Survey of Canada - Volume 62, Issues 10-18:

Alternative form of cabbagehead
Mineral formation


cabbagehead

cabbagehead (countable and uncountable, plural cabbageheads)

The “cabbagehead” (Stomolophus meleagris), like other jellyfish, drifts on the ocean currents that ceaselessly cross the globe.

1984, Lawrence S. Earley, Wildlife in North Carolina, page 22:

The most conspicuous medusa in our coastal waters is the cabbagehead, Stomolophus meleagris (Figure 11.4).

1989, Nick Fotheringham, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life, page 95:

The most common jellyfish in Georgia waters is the cabbagehead.

2003, David Bryant, George Davidson, Georgia's Amazing Coast:

A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris


rhizostomid

suf

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Rhizostoma</i>


compass jellyfish

en-noun

compass jellyfish (plural compass jellyfishes)

Chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea.


barrel jellyfish

barrel jellyfish (plural barrel jellyfishes)

Rhizostoma pulmo, a species of venomous jellyfish that looks similar to a mushroom.


mauve stinger

From its stinging cells, which it employs in both its tentacles and bell (the "cap" of the jellyfish).

Pelagia noctiluca, a species of vibrantly-colored bioluminescent jellyfish covered in stinging cells.


rhizostomatid

Clipping of translingual Rhizostomatidae

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Rhizostomatidae</i>

(zoology) Any true jellyfish of the family Rhizostomatidae.