Definitions
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- proper noun dated A
coelenterate including thejellyfish andsea nettles .
Etymologies
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From Latin Acalephae.
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Examples
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They live in families, and swim with great rapidity in the same manner as the other Acalepha.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 George Grey 1855
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We caught this day several other Acalepha, two of which were of the wonderful genus DIPHYA.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 George Grey 1855
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Sea-jellies, Acalepha and Mollusca than before, and those of a much more beautiful kind.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 George Grey 1855
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