jellyfish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: jel=ly=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

jellyfish, n. 

 Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa and acaleph.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jellyfish, n. (pl. usu. same)
1 a marine coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa having an umbrella-shaped jelly-like body and stinging tentacles.
2 colloq. a feeble person.

THESAURUS

jellyfish

Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Milquetoast, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, fence-sitter, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless wonder, invertebrate, lightweight, lily liver, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, mouse, mugwump, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat, shilly-shally, sissy, softling, softy, sop, waverer, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, wobbler