mauve stinger

English

Etymology

From its stinging cells, which it employs in both its tentacles and bell (the "cap" of the jellyfish).

Noun

mauve stinger (plural mauve stingers)

  1. Pelagia noctiluca, a species of vibrantly-colored bioluminescent jellyfish covered in stinging cells.

Synonyms: purple-striped jelly, purple stinger, purple people eater, purple jellyfish, luminous jellyfish, night-light jellyfish

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