jellyfish的词源

英文词源

jellyfish (n.)

popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures, 1796, from jelly (n.) + fish (n.). Earlier it had been used of a type of actual fish (1707).

中文词源

jellyfish：水母，海蜇

jelly,肉冻，fish,鱼。因形似肉冻而得名。

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