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and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same…

A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce, sweet jelly with whole fruit, etc. Also, fig., a medley.

The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.

which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold. Milton.

The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.

pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.

One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.…

ifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.

One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

A medusa, or jellyfish. [R.] The jellied quarl that flings At once a thousand streaming stings. J. R. Drake.

rpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.

d in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.

ophae rhamnoides) much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.

A jellyfish, or medusa.

A jellyfish.

A jellyfish. [Prov. Eng.]

ng; delightful; sweet. [R.] The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. Milton. With jellies soother than the creamy curd. Keats.