jellyfish

jellyfish
Synonyms and related words:
Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Milquetoast, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, fence-sitter, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless wonder, invertebrate, lightweight, lily liver, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, mouse, mugwump, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat, shilly-shally, sissy, softling, softy, sop, waverer, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, wobbler

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • jellyfish — [jel′ēfish΄] n. pl. jellyfish or jellyfishes (see FISH) 1. any of various free swimming, mostly marine cnidarians (esp. class Scyphozoa) with a body made up largely of jellylike substance and shaped like an umbrella: it has long, hanging… …   English World dictionary

  • Jellyfish — Jel ly*fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See {Medusa} and {acaleph}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jellyfish — est un groupe américain de Powerpop créé en 1990. Le groupe Andy Sturmer (batterie, chant) et Roger Manning (clavier et autres instruments) lancèrent le projet en 1990 après la rupture d avec leur précédent groupe Beatnik Beatch. Chris Manning… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • jellyfish — (n.) popular name of the medusa and similar sea creatures, 1796, from JELLY (Cf. jelly) (n.) + FISH (Cf. fish) (n.). Earlier it had been used of a type of actual fish (1707) …   Etymology dictionary

  • jellyfish — ► NOUN ▪ a free swimming marine animal with a soft bell or saucer shaped body that has stinging tentacles around the edge …   English terms dictionary

  • Jellyfish — For other uses, see Jellyfish (disambiguation). Jellyfish Temporal range: 505–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • jellyfish — /jel ee fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) jellyfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) jellyfishes. 1. any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, esp. one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing… …   Universalium

  • jellyfish — UK [ˈdʒelɪˌfɪʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms jellyfish : singular jellyfish plural jellyfish a soft round sea animal that you can see through. Many types of jellyfish sting you if you touch them …   English dictionary

  • jellyfish — [[t]ʤe̱lifɪʃ[/t]] N COUNT (jellyfish is both the singular and the plural form.) A jellyfish is a sea creature that has a clear soft body and can sting you …   English dictionary

  • jellyfish — jel|ly|fish [ˈdʒelifıʃ] n plural jellyfish a sea animal that has a round transparent body and can sting you …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jellyfish — jel|ly|fish [ dʒeli,fıʃ ] (plural jel|ly|fish) noun count a soft round ocean animal that you can see through. Many types of jellyfish sting you if you touch them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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