sea nettle

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• Sea nettle — Taxobox name = Pacific sea nettle image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Scyphozoa ordo = Semaeostomeae familia = Pelagiidae genus = Chrysaora species = C. fuscescens binomial nomenclature = Chrysaora fuscescens species …   Wikipedia

• Sea nettle — Nettle Net tle, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[ i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[ a]lde, Sw. n[ a]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sea nettle — Sea net tle A jellyfish, or medusa. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sea nettle — 1> жгучая медуза …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• sea nettle — жгучая медуза …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• sea nettle — noun Date: 1601 a stinging jellyfish; especially one (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) occurring especially in Atlantic estuaries from Cape Cod to the West Indies …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sea nettle — any large, stinging jellyfish. [1595 1605] * * * …   Universalium

• sea nettle — [ siːˌnetl] 1) Общая лексика: жгучая медуза 2) Морской термин: медуза …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Nettle — Net tle, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[ i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[ a]lde, Sw. n[ a]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nettle cloth — Nettle Net tle, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[ i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[ a]lde, Sw. n[ a]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English