jellyfish
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A collaged print by Liu Shiyuan presents a dizzying array of images—fruit, bees, jellyfish, shrouded figures, fabric samples—that is more disorienting than anything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The nuclear power plant was temporarily taken offline a year ago after jellyfish clogged its seawater pumping stations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
C3 is an evolutionarily ancient protein found even in simple animals such as sponges and jellyfish.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Especially when, after telling Max that she is going snorkeling, Sara gets left behind amid a bloom of jellyfish right out of “Finding Nemo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He twisted around and pushed himself up toward the surface, only seeing at the last second that the jellyfish had drifted above him.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
These showed body plans different from any animals alive today, although some seem to be related to worms and jellyfishes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
“We need to clearly acknowledge that jellyfishes and other gelatinous organisms may be a regular prey for a variety of marine predators.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2017
When jellyfishes move, their tissue alternates between these states of tautness and gooeyness.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2015
Expect giraffes and zebras, but also Komodo dragons, jellyfishes and newts for a dash of originality.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2013
They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg
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