sea gooseberry
- noun
- /siː ˈɡuːzbəri/
- Specialized
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medusa de mar
- The sea gooseberry glides gracefully through the water, propelled by its shimmering cilia.
Examples
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The aquarium's touch pool lets visitors observe a sea gooseberry up close.
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You can often spot a sea gooseberry floating near the shore during the summer months.
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The sea gooseberry glided gracefully through the water.
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Have you ever seen a sea gooseberry in the wild?
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The sea gooseberry glides gracefully through the water, propelled by its shimmering cilia.
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You can often spot a sea gooseberry floating near the shore during the summer months.
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The aquarium's touch pool lets visitors observe a sea gooseberry up close.
Synonyms
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A group of sea animals with eight rows of comb-like hairs used to move
A small round transparent sea animal with tentacles that catches plankton
Small sea animals with clear round bodies and rows of tiny hairs that help them swim
A group of small sea animals with round clear bodies that move using rows of tiny hairs
A sea animal like a jellyfish that swims using rows of tiny hairs
A small transparent sea animal like a jellyfish that moves by beating eight rows of tiny hairs
A small group of sea animals called comb jellies that have soft bodies and move with rows of tiny hairs
A small sea animal like a jellyfish with two long, feathery tentacles
Sea animals that look like jellyfish and have two long branched tentacles to catch food
A group of sea animals called comb jellies that have two long feather-like tentacles
A group of comb jellies with two long feather-like tentacles
A group of comb jellies with two long feather-like tentacles
Surface Forms
Morphology
sea + gooseberry
The compound combines 'sea' (marine) with 'gooseberry' (a small round berry), so a learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it denotes a small, round marine organism resembling a gooseberry. This fits common English naming patterns (e.g. seahorse, sea cucumber), making the basic referent transparent even if the precise biological class (ctenophore) is not deducible.
Etymology
The name sea gooseberry comes from how the animal looks: a small, round, clear sea animal that reminds people of a shiny gooseberry, with tiny hair-like rows that help it swim. So sea gooseberry means 'a small, round marine animal'.