Jellyfish Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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The last time these researchers spotted this type of “extraordinary octopus,” the creature was also holding part of a jellyfish, which at the time helped scientists understand its surprising diet of gelatinous animals.

From Los Angeles Times

While you can’t help but appreciate the cherry red of the deep-sea atolla jellyfish, you will also learn why its unusual pigment persists in the lightless depths.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a submarine landscape of bubbles and jellyfish; a radiant garden of flowers; a battle with flying swords and shields and a swirling snake puppet.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now and then a great jellyfish floated by, like an open umbrella made of glass, pulsing its way along just beneath the surface.

From Literature

Birds often swallow plastic fragments, and turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish.

From BBC