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English noun: jellyfish

1. jellyfish (animal) large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles


Synonymsman-of-war, Portuguese man-of-war


Broader (hypernym)siphonophore


Member meronymgenus 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 meronymCnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata









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