Definition of Jellyfishes

1. Noun. (plural of jellyfish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jellyfishes

1. jellyfish [n] - See also: jellyfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jellyfishes

jelly fish
jelly fungus
jelly roll
jelly roll pan
jelly roll pans
jelly rolls
jelly shoe
jellybean
jellybeans
jellybelly
jellycopter
jellycopters
jellyfish
jellyfish baby
jellyfish tree
jellyfishes (current term)
jellyfishlike
jellygraph
jellygraphs
jellying
jellyish
jellyleaf
jellylike
jellyrolls
jelutong
jelutongs
jemadar

Literary usage of Jellyfishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"These are the bodies or parts of bodies of jellyfishes which have been cast ... The jellyfishes occur in great numbers on the surface of the ocean and are ..."

2. Light Side of Science by Andrew Wilson (1898)
"Now that the warm days of summer are not far distant, the times and seasons of the jellyfishes are at hand. No one who has sojourned even for a few hours at ..."

3. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"... which include the corals, jellyfishes, sea anemones, etc., occur, without exception, in the water, and the majority of them are found in the sea. ..."

4. Half Hours with the Lower Animals: Protozoans, Sponges, Corals, Shells by Charles Frederick Holder (1905)
"THE jellyfishes AMONG the most beautiful and fragile of all animals are the singular forms which we call jellyfishes (Fig. 19). FIG. 19. ..."

5. Structure and polarity of the electric motor nerve-cell in torpedoes by Ulric Dahlgren (1915)
"They are common in bays and brackish estuaries and are the largest and most conspicuous of all jellyfishes in temperate regions. ..."

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