jelly-like
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The team filmed fish darting between gorgonian whip coral, and jelly-like orange sea sponges near black coral.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
The twilight zone teems with life, including krill, squid, fish, octopus, and delicate jelly-like species.
From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025
An oarfish’s body is extremely delicate, so much so that if you pick one up it could break in half because of its jelly-like bones, Paig-Tran said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
It starts to spread a jelly-like slime called a gleba, which is a nauseating greenish-black color that contains its spores.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023
A jelly-like, starchy-looking glop resulted from the lye and potatoes, and Shorty broke in the two eggs, stirring real fast— his own conk and dark face bent down close.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
