mauve stinger

noun

mauve stinger

noun

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

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

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