mauve stinger

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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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