true jellyfish

noun

Any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.

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Meanings

nountrue jellyfish (plural true jellyfishes or true jellyfish)

plural true jellyfishes

  1. Any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.

Origin

From true (sense 5.1).

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Translations

Dutch schijfkwal
  • schijfkwalScyphozoa spp.
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