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# jellyfish

«jellyfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft sea animal with a see-through, umbrella-shaped…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a jellyfish, jellyfish or jellyfishes)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [A floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish to a leatherback, which is one big reason to keep plastic out of the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/11/)
- [Sea turtles eat jellyfish, and floating plastic bags look like jellyfish, so turtles sometimes swallow plastic, which can block their stomachs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/12/)
- [Leatherback turtles eat huge amounts of jellyfish, and their throats are lined with spikes that keep the slippery food from sliding back out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/13/)
- [A jellyfish on the beach can still sting even if it looks dead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/70-respecting-wild-animals/20/)
- [Urine does not help a jellyfish sting and can make some worse; follow local first aid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jellyfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jellyfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.