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# jellyfish

noun (a jellyfish, jellyfish or jellyfishes)

«jellyfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A jellyfish is a soft sea animal with a see-through, umbrella-shaped body and long, hanging tentacles that can sting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, jellyfish are not fish: they have no bones, brain, heart or gills, and are invertebrates; they catch food with stinging tentacles. In beach safety (especially in Australia): do not touch jellyfish even on the sand, swim at patrolled beaches, and get help from a lifeguard if stung; vinegar is used for some stings. Plastic bags look like jellyfish to sea turtles. Phrases: jellyfish sting, box jellyfish.

### Examples

- A jellyfish washed up on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x1)
- Do not touch the jellyfish, it can sting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x2)
- Jellyfish have no bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x3)
- The lifeguard put vinegar on my jellyfish sting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x4)
- Turtles eat jellyfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x5)
- We saw glowing jellyfish at the aquarium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x6)
- Jellyfish drift with the ocean currents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x7)
- The box jellyfish is very dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/#x8)

### Note

Plural is usually jellyfish (the same), sometimes jellyfishes. Not a fish, despite the name, and not a kind of jelly. Dead jellyfish on the sand can still sting.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jellyfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jellyfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jellyfish.html) on Mova free.