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jellyfish

/ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
jel-ly-fish
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Ellipsis of space jellyfish

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English jellyfish From jelly + fish. From being an aquatic creature (i.e. fish) that is gelatinous (“jelly”). Despite the name, jellyfish are not biologically classified as fish. The term appeared in the mid-19th century and displaced various older terms such as sea jelly (now much less common), blubber/sea blubber, nettle/sea nettle (both now referring to specific jellyfish species), and, in scientific literature, medusa.

Usage

Inflected Forms

jellyfishes (plural)

Derived Forms

jellyfishlike jellyfishy

Phrases

alarm jellyfish arctic red jellyfish Atolla jellyfish barrel jellyfish blubber jellyfish blue blubber jellyfish blue bottle jellyfish box jellyfish

Frequently Paired Words

medusa scyphistoma smack

Synonyms

jelly sea jelly portuguese man-of-war man-of-war

Questions

How do you pronounce jellyfish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/.
What does jellyfish mean?
An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
Where does jellyfish come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English jellyfish From jelly + fish. From being an aquatic creature (i.e. fish) that is gelatinous (“jelly”). Despite the name, jellyfish are not biologically classified as fish. The term appeared in the mid-19th century and displaced various older terms such as sea jelly (now much less common), blubber/sea blubber, nettle/sea nettle (both now referring to specific jellyfish species), and, in scientific literature, medusa.

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