Meanings
nounmoon jelly (plural moon jellies)
plural moon jellies
- A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.First known use 20th c.
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.
2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5Synonyms: common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, saucer jelly
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.
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