halipleumon

Meaning

a jelly-fish

Concepts

jellyfish

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man of war

medusoid

man-o-war

Synonyms

pulmo

Translations

Qualle

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μέδουσα

medusa

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medusa

pişemasî

medûsa

τσούχτρα

méduse

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kwal

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medusa

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medusa

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denizanası

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aguamala

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aguaviva

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[ha.lɪˈpɫɛu̯.moːn]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁλιπλεύμων (halipleúmōn, “sea-lungs, jelly-fish”), akin to πλεύμων (pleúmōn, “lungs; sea-lungs, jelly-fish”).