Synonyms for jellyfishes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jel-ee-fish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for jellyfishes Other synonyms for the word jellyfishes
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- cream puff
- cry-baby
- dastard
- deserter
- dotard
- faint-of-heart
- faintheart
- featherweight
- fraidy-cat
- funk
- gutless
- gutless wonder
- hothouse plant
- invertebrate
- jellyfish
- lily liver
- loser
- malingerer
- meek soul
- milksop
- misfit
- momma's boy
- mouse
- namby-pamby
- pansy
- pantywaist
- pessimist
- poltroon
- puppy
- pushover
- quitter
- rabbit
- recreant
- scaredy cat
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- shirk
- shirker
- sissy
- skulker
- sneak
- softy
- weak soul
- weakling
- white liver
- wimp
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow belly
Définition of jellyfishes
Origin :- popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures, 1796, from jelly (n.) + fish (n.). Earlier it had been used of a type of actual fish (1707).
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
- As in sissy : noun weakling
- As in weakling : noun person who has no strength
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in weak sister : noun weak member of group
- As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
- Some jellyfishes are so poisonous that they are most dangerous even to man.
- Extract from : « The Animal World, A Book of Natural History » by Theodore Wood
- These are the bodies or parts of bodies of jellyfishes which have been cast up by the waves.
- Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
- Not all medus or jellyfish are produced by polyp individuals, nor do jellyfish always produce polyps and not jellyfishes.
- Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
- The jellyfishes occur in great numbers on the surface of the ocean and are familiar to sailors under the name of "sea-bulbs."
- Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
- Many of the jellyfishes are beautifully colored, although all are nearly transparent.
- Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
- These jellyfishes are common on the Florida coast, huddled together on the sands of the coral reefs.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- This is true of the jellyfishes which float or swim about on or near the surface of the ocean.
- Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
- Jellyfishes vary in size from that of a pinhead to six or seven feet in diameter.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- But the diminutive cousin in the grotto with the jellyfishes is a bird of quite another feather.
- Extract from : « A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) » by Henry Smith Williams
Antonyms for jellyfishes
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