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gelatinous
[ juh-lat-n-uhs ]
adjective
- having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin.
gelatinous
/ dʒɪˈlætɪnəs /
adjective
- consisting of or resembling jelly; viscous
- of, containing, or resembling gelatine
Derived Forms
- geˈlatinously, adverb
- geˈlatinousness, noun
Other Words From
- ge·lati·nous·ly adverb
- ge·lati·nous·ness gel·a·tin·i·ty [jel-, uh, -, tin, -i-tee], noun
- nonge·lati·nous adjective
- nonge·lati·nous·ly adverb
- nonge·lati·nous·ness noun
- subge·lati·nous adjective
- subge·lati·nous·ly adverb
- subge·lati·nous·ness noun
- unge·lati·nous adjective
- unge·lati·nous·ly adverb
- unge·lati·nous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of gelatinous1
Example Sentences
Eventually, after language “melted into a gelatinous pool,” she quit and entered the Iowa Writers Workshop in 1965.
Jokura was not the only scientist to make a milestone discovery after wandering past a tank containing a gelatinous animal.
Previous research has found that gelatinous zooplankton like velella and their fellow jellyfish thrive in warmer waters, portending an era some scientists have referred to as the “rise of slime.”
"These turtles feed on gelatinous prey such as jellyfish and seabed prey such as crustaceans, and it's easy to see how this item might have looked like a crab claw."
"With higher temperatures, the ocean's upper layer becomes more stratified, and previous research has shown that larger plankton are replaced with smaller plankton and less nutritious gelatinous species, such as jellyfish," explained Ito.
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