mauve stinger
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From its stinging cells, which it employs in both its tentacles and bell (the "cap" of the jellyfish).
Noun
[edit]mauve stinger (plural mauve stingers)
- Pelagia noctiluca, a species of vibrantly-colored bioluminescent jellyfish covered in stinging cells.
Synonyms: purple-striped jelly, purple stinger, purple people eater, purple jellyfish, luminous jellyfish, night-light jellyfish