sea nettle

noun

Etymology

Because of its sting. See nettle (“stinging plant”). Similar construction as Norwegian Nynorsk mannete.

  1. derived from mannete

Definitions

  1. A jellyfish of the genus Chrysaora.

  2. Any jellyfish

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sea nettle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA