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sea wasp
noun
- any of various highly poisonous stinging jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, of tropical seas.
sea wasp
noun
- another name for box jellyfish
Word History and Origins
Origin of sea wasp1
Example Sentences
Bologna thinks this species of box jellyfish, or sea wasp, is a Tamoya haplonema, which delivers a sting that causes severe discomfort but isn’t deadly.
Most notorious is an Australian box jellyfish called the sea wasp, whose sting can kill a grown man in a matter of seconds or minutes.
Because the harpoons are so shallow, however, Australians have learned that they can protect themselves while swimming in sea wasp waters simply by covering their exposed skin with pantyhose.
With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves, Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea wasp flying on the waves.
Guerrière: "She Fell in the Sea" Wasp vs.
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