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jellyfishlike

adj

Etymology

From jellyfish + -like.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. formed as jellyfish — “jelly + fish”
  7. suffixed as jellyfishlike — “jellyfish + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a jellyfish.

    • Transparent jellyfishlike creatures called siphonophores will often attach themselves to each other in communities.

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