sea blubber

plural sea blubbers · alternative sea-blubber

1. countableuncountableA jellyfish; a medusa.

   Synonyms: carvel

2. countableuncountableA lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata).

   No less remarkable for its beauty is Cyanea fulva. This species may well be termed the "little brown brother" of the more widely known C. arctica, or sea blubber, the largest jellyfish in existence.

   1923, William Crowder, Dwellers of the Sea and Shore

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   GENUS Cyanea / C. arctica, the sun-jelly or sea-blubber. This is the largest jellyfish known. Some individuals measure seven and a half feet across the disk and have tentacles more than one hundred feet long.

   1903, Augusta Foote Arnold, The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide: A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tide-marks, page 138

   The venomous golden-or reddish-brown sea blubber (or lion's mane) jellyfish Cyanea capillata occurs in large numbers within coastal waters. […] The sea blubber, compass, and cabbage bleb jellyfishes also may sting.

   1984, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the North Sea and Baltic Sea, page 111