Crossword-Solution: ACALEPH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Acaleph | n. | Alt. of Acalephan |
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| Jellyfish | 30 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ACALEPH (5)
That a great part of the larger and smaller groups into which this class is divided, might be regarded as satisfactorily established, was a further advantage not to be undervalued; whilst in two other classes with which I was familiar, namely, the Annelida and Acalephæ, all the attempted arrangements could only be considered preliminary revisions.
These are the jelly-fishes, or sea-nettles (_Acalephæ_), as they are often called, from the stinging properties with which some of them are endowed.
The _Acalephæ_ present the greatest variety of form and colour, as well as of size, but they are all of the most delicate structure, frail, gelatinous, transparent.
Another member of this section--the _Ciliograde acalephæ_, as they are called--is the Girdle of Venus, which resembles a ribbon in form, and is sometimes five or six feet in length, covered with cilia, and brilliantly phosphorescent.
The _Acalephæ_ are the principal agents concerned in the production of the beautiful phenomena of phosphorescence.