Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a jellyfish.

Etymologies

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jellyfish +‎ -like

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Examples

  • By the time Neytiri ushers Jake into her world of wonders - a lush dreamscape filled with kaleidoscopic and bioluminescent flora and fauna, with pink jellyfishlike creatures that hang in the air and pleated orange flowers that snap shut like parasols - you are deep in the Na'vi-land.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • By the time Neytiri ushers Jake into her world of wonders - a lush dreamscape filled with kaleidoscopic and bioluminescent flora and fauna, with pink jellyfishlike creatures that hang in the air and pleated orange flowers that snap shut like parasols - you are deep in the Na'vi-land.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • By the time Neytiri ushers Jake into her world of wonders - a lush dreamscape filled with kaleidoscopic and bioluminescent flora and fauna, with pink jellyfishlike creatures that hang in the air and pleated orange flowers that snap shut like parasols - you are deep in the Na'vi-land.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • By the time Neytiri ushers Jake into her world of wonders - a lush dreamscape filled with kaleidoscopic and bioluminescent flora and fauna, with pink jellyfishlike creatures that hang in the air and pleated orange flowers that snap shut like parasols - you are deep in the Na'vi-land.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • By the time Neytiri ushers Jake into her world of wonders - a lush dreamscape filled with kaleidoscopic and bioluminescent flora and fauna, with pink jellyfishlike creatures that hang in the air and pleated orange flowers that snap shut like parasols - you are deep in the Na'vi-land.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • While it was true that higher-order sentience had never been conclusively found among the drifting herds of gigantic jellyfishlike creatures that filter-fed on the less complex life that teemed in the planet’s cloud bands, it was nevertheless true that the creatures were alive, part and parcel of a flourishing alien ecosphere.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • While it was true that higher-order sentience had never been conclusively found among the drifting herds of gigantic jellyfishlike creatures that filter-fed on the less complex life that teemed in the planet’s cloud bands, it was nevertheless true that the creatures were alive, part and parcel of a flourishing alien ecosphere.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • While it was true that higher-order sentience had never been conclusively found among the drifting herds of gigantic jellyfishlike creatures that filter-fed on the less complex life that teemed in the planet’s cloud bands, it was nevertheless true that the creatures were alive, part and parcel of a flourishing alien ecosphere.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

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