English noun: jellyfish | |||
1. | jellyfish (animal) large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | ||
Synonyms | man-of-war, Portuguese man-of-war | ||
Broader (hypernym) | siphonophore | ||
Member meronym | genus Physalia, Physalia | ||
2. | jellyfish (animal) any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cnidarian, coelenterate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Aegina, Chrysaora quinquecirrha | ||
Member meronym | Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata | ||