jellyfish

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛlɪfɪʃ/

noun (plural or jellyfishes)

  • 1a free-swimming marine coelenterate with a jelly-like bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge.
    • Classes Scyphozoa and Cubozoa
  • 2 informal a feeble person.