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Definition of Acaleph
1. n. One of the Acalephæ.
Definition of Acaleph
1. Noun. One of the Acalephae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acaleph
1. a jellyfish [n -LEPHAE or -LEPHS] - See also: jellyfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acaleph
Literary usage of Acaleph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Scientific Enquiry: Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her by Robert Main, Great Britain Admiralty (1871)
"... up with the anchor or the sounding- line, should be preserved; the localities,
or latitude and longitude, being precisely noted in each case. acaleph. ..."
2. Life in its lower, intermediate, and higher forms; or, Manifestations of the by Philip Henry Gosse (1857)
"V acaleph.E (Sea-blubbers'). Continued. WE propose now to speak of the reproduction
of the Medusae, at least of the ..."