Box Jellyfish
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Latest revision as of 06:23, 13 September 2011
noun - A cube-shaped marine creature that floats with the winds and currents with a nearly transparent, slightly tinted body and long tentacles with stinging cells. The swimmer swam right into a brood of box jellyfish off of the coast and was stung badly on his arms and face. Synonyms: marine stinger, jellyfish, Portuguese Man o War and sea wasp, stinger.