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purple sail: see jellyfish jellyfish, common name for the free-swimming stage (see polyp and medusa), of certain invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria (the coelenterates). The body of a jellyfish is shaped like a bell or umbrella, with a clear, jellylike material filling most of the
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; polyp and medusa polyp and medusa, names for the two body forms, one nonmotile and one typically free swimming, found in the aquatic invertebrate phylum Cnidaria (the coelenterates).
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The bizarre creatures - scientific name Velella velella - get their name from an upright "float" that catches the wind to propel them for thousands of miles.
An anonymous blogger says former State Senator Guy Velella has been subpoenaed in the Bruno probe.
Admitted to practice: 1994) In May 2007, Velella was suspended for 18 months, retroactive to October 20, 2006.
 
 
 
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