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alforreca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jellyfish noun A soft-bodied, mostly transparent sea creature with a bell-shaped body and trailing tentacles, often capable of stinging.
  • Medusa name In Greek mythology, a monstrous figure with living snakes for hair whose gaze turned onlookers to stone; the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters, slain by the hero Perseus.

Senses

alforreca is used for these senses in English:

  • jellyfish An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
  • medusa (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]

Medusa — full definition

  1. name In Greek mythology, a monstrous figure with living snakes for hair whose gaze turned onlookers to stone; the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters, slain by the hero Perseus.
  2. noun The free-swimming, umbrella-shaped form of a jellyfish.

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