sea walnut

noun

1. a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.

Example Sentences

One species, the sea walnut, uses its cilia to create imperceptibly subtle water currents that draw fish and other prey into its mouth.

From The New Yorker

One species, the sea walnut, uses its cilia to create imperceptibly subtle water currents that draw fish and other prey into its mouth.

From The New Yorker

The genome of a sea walnut, a plankton-eating creature native to the western Atlantic Ocean, was reported online Thursday in the journal Science by Andreas Baxevanis of the National Human Genome Research Institute with co-authors there and elsewhere.

From US News

The DNA research gives the spot instead to comb jellies, a group of gelatinous marine animals with names like the sea walnut and the sea gooseberry.

From US News

The genome of a sea walnut, a plankton-eating creature native to the western Atlantic Ocean, was reported online Thursday in the journal Science by Andreas Baxevanis of the National Human Genome Research Institute with co-authors there and elsewhere.

From US News