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灯塔水母

dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-65c79a646c604c47. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

燈塔水母 灯塔水母 [deng1 ta3 shui3 mu3] /immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)/

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Other forms in these source records: 燈塔水母

  • 灯
    dēng

    lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]

  • 塔
    tǎ

    pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[tǎ pó], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuò]) / (loanword) (pastry) tart

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

  • 母
    mǔ

    mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.