jellyfishes
- 1Plural of jellyfish.
Biologists have described hundreds of jellyfishes, and new species turn up every year.
The field guide compares the jellyfishes found along the Atlantic coast.
Note
English gives this noun two plurals, and this is the regularly marked one. The unmarked form, jellyfish, also serves as a plural, much as fish does. The -es form tends to be chosen when distinct kinds are meant. Box jellyfish, true jellyfish, stalked jellyfish and comb jellies are quite different animals. For a crowd of one sort, the plain jellyfish is the more usual choice.
jellyfishes is a form of jellyfish
jellyfish, noun: A nearly transparent aquatic animal with a jellylike appearance, especially one of the larger species once classed among the acalephs. Full entry
- Forms
- jellyfish also pluraljellyfishes plural
- Spelling
- jellyfish → jellyfishes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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