Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the Acalephæ or sea-nettles. Also spelled acalephe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the Acalephæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A member of the former Acalephae family, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.

Etymologies

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Borrowing from Latin acaleph, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalephe, "stinging nettle").

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