cabbagehead jellyfish

noun

: cannonball jellyfish

Lure-throwing anglers usually look at [sheepshead] with the same disinterest they show when a cabbagehead jellyfish floats by.

—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 1998

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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