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moon jelly en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.
    • In 1998, a swarm of large Aurelia (the standard moon jelly) moved into Big Glory Bay off New Zealand’s South Island, and killed 56,000 three-kilo salmon in their pens within half an hour. 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:

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Synonyms

common jellyfish · saucer jelly · moon jellyfish