jellyfish
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1. any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | cnidarian, coelenterate, |
| definition | : | radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aegina, |
| definition | : | small medusa (noun.animal) |
2. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | siphonophore, |
| definition | : | a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored (noun.animal) |
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