jellyfish

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. countable,uncountable
    — A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.
  2. An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; Any of various species of cnidarians in the subphylum Medusozoa, including box jellyfish (class Cubozoa), true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), stalked jellyfish (class Staurozoa), and certain hydrozoans. countable,uncountable
  3. An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; Any of various species of cnidarians in the subphylum Medusozoa, including box jellyfish (class Cubozoa), true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), stalked jellyfish (class Staurozoa), and certain hydrozoans.; The medusa phase of these animals rather than a younger life stage. countable,especially,uncountable
  4. An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.; A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies). countable,uncountable
  5. 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

词形变化

jellyfish plural jellyfishes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
alarm jellyfish arctic red jellyfish Atolla jellyfish barrel jellyfish blubber jellyfish blue blubber jellyfish blue bottle jellyfish box jellyfish cabbagehead jellyfish cannonball jellyfish cigar jellyfish common jellyfish compass jellyfish compound jellyfish crown jellyfish flame jellyfish fried-egg jellyfish giant jellyfish helmet jellyfish immortal jellyfish Irukandji jellyfish jellyfish itch jellyfish baby jellyfish galaxy jellyfish tree jellyfish UFO jellyfishlike jellyfishy lion's mane jellyfish moon jellyfish mushroom jellyfish Nomura's jellyfish purple-striped jellyfish rocket jellyfish space jellyfish stalked jellyfish thimble jellyfish
相关词
medusa scyphistoma

词源

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-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
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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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