moon jelly

English

Noun

moon jelly (plural moon jellies)

  1. A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita. [from 20th c.]
    • 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, vol. 36 no. 5:
      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.

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