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

academizing
academy
academy figure
acadesine
acadian
acai
acai berry
acais
acajou
acajous
acalculia
acalculiac
acalculiacs
acalculous
acalculous cholecystitis
acaleph (current term)
acalephae
acalephan
acalephe
acalephes
acalephoid
acalephs
acalycine
acalysinous
acamprosate
acamprosates
acampsia
acanaceous
acanth

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 ..."

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