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sea gooseberry

Syllabification: (sea goose·ber·ry)
Definition of sea gooseberry

noun

  • a common comb jelly with a spherical body bearing two long retractile branching tentacles, typically occurring in swarms.
    • Pleurobrachia pileus, class Tentaculata

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