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Jellyfish vs Fishes - What's the difference?

jellyfish | fishes |

As nouns the difference between jellyfish and fishes

is that jellyfish is (zoology) an almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance while fishes is .

As a verb fishes is

(fish).

jellyfish

English

Noun

  • (zoology) An almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
  • # A cnidarian, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.
  • ## A scyphozoan, a member of the class Scyphozoa (the true jellies).
  • # A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (the comb jellies).

    • Usage notes

    Some writers prefer the term jelly, which does not imply that it is a type of fish.

    See also

    * medusa

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    fishes

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • # (universal) multiple kinds of fish
  • Coral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes .
  • # (usually, nonstandard, or, archaic) multiple aquatic, cold-blooded, vertebrate animals
  • I caught six fishes today!

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fish)
    • He’s on ; he often fishes from that lake.