Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An acaleph or sea-nettle; a jellyfish; a sea-jelly. Also
sea-blub . See cuts underacaleph and Discophora.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A jellyfish.
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Examples
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She had just that ambition of the lady of small fashion, who regards the number rather than the quality of her guests, and would prefer a saloon full of Esquimaux or Kanzas, and would partake of their sea-blubber, rather than lose the triumph of making more noise than her rival neighbors, the Sprigginses or
Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story William Gilmore Simms 1838
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