jellyfish
Stinging ocean blob
A jellyfish is a soft-bodied marine animal with a translucent, umbrella-shaped body and trailing tentacles that can sting.
Jellyfish drift with currents rather than swimming with purpose, which gives rise to the figurative sense: a spineless or weak-willed person, someone who lacks backbone or decisiveness.
Don't be such a jellyfish—stand up for yourself.
Flexible grasping appendage
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
gelatinous · gonads · pulsing · contracting · trailing · dome · umbrella · manubrium
Massive saltwater body
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
cnidarian · sea · saltwater · currents · drift · bloom · swarm · pelagic
Steady, soft light
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- phosphorescenceHeatless delayed light emission
- light-emittingProducing visible radiation
- radiantEmitting light or joy
shimmer · glowing · sparkle · luminescence · deep-sea · flash · pulse · warning
Injected animal poison
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- barbBackward-pointing spike
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- weltRaised skin injury
rash · burn · allergic · treatment · vinegar · swimmers · lifeguard · antivenin
Drifting aquatic microorganisms
- preyAnimal being hunted
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- sea-turtleOcean-dwelling shelled reptile
- sunfishCentrarchid freshwater swimmer
leatherback · overfishing · ecosystem · invasive · bloom · population · decline · fisheries
tentacle
Flexible grasping appendage
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
gossamer · gelatinous · gonads · pulsing · contracting · trailing · dome · umbrella · manubrium · polyp
ocean
Massive saltwater body
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
invertebrate · cnidarian · sea · saltwater · currents · drift · bloom · swarm · pelagic · scyphozoa
glow
Steady, soft light
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- phosphorescenceHeatless delayed light emission
- light-emittingProducing visible radiation
radiant · shimmer · glowing · sparkle · luminescence · deep-sea · flash · pulse · warning · attract
venom
Injected animal poison
welt · rash · burn · allergic · treatment · vinegar · swimmers · lifeguard · antivenin
zooplankton
Drifting aquatic microorganisms
- preyAnimal being hunted
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- sea-turtleOcean-dwelling shelled reptile
sunfish · leatherback · overfishing · ecosystem · invasive · bloom · population · decline · fisheries · aquaculture
Medusa
Stone-gazing mythic creature
serpents · Athena · monster · legend · ancient · petrify · shield · mirror · Pegasus · snakes
- Blue Planetocean, sea, water, Pacific, Atlantic
- marine lifeshark, sea turtles, manatees, whale, dolphins
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- ocean thingsocean, wave, dolphin, whale, shell
- sea lifeshark, whale, dolphin, salmon, plaice
- underwaterunderwater, submerged, immersed, sea bed, seabed
- jellyfish stingVenomous marine animal wound
- box jellyfishCube-shaped venomous sea creature
- moon jellyfishTranslucent marine cnidarian
- jellyfish bloomAggregation of cnidarians