Word Meanings - ACALEPHOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.

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• ACALEPHOID
  Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.
• ACALEPH; ACALEPHAN
  One of the Acalephæ.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• BELONG
  attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• BELONGING
  1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• ACALEPHAE
  A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• SUBELONGATE
  Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.
• NONRESEMBLANCE
  Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.