51³Ō¹Ļ

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gelatinous

[juh-lat-n-uhs]

adjective

  1. having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.

  2. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin.



gelatinous

/ »åĻōɪˈ±ōƦ³ŁÉŖ²Ōə²õ /

adjective

  1. consisting of or resembling jelly; viscous

  2. of, containing, or resembling gelatine

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • gelatinously adverb
  • gelatinousness noun
  • gelatinity noun
  • nongelatinous adjective
  • nongelatinously adverb
  • nongelatinousness noun
  • subgelatinous adjective
  • subgelatinously adverb
  • subgelatinousness noun
  • ungelatinous adjective
  • ungelatinously adverb
  • ungelatinousness noun
  • ²µ±šĖˆ±ō²¹³Ł¾±²Ō“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
  • ²µ±šĖˆ±ō²¹³Ł¾±²Ō“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of gelatinous1

First recorded in 1715–25; gelatin + -ous
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Example Sentences

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He described taking a spoonful of someone else’s bowl and saying, ā€œAbsolutely notā€ — it was ā€œgelatinous,ā€ he told Thompson.

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Eventually, after language ā€œmelted into a gelatinous pool,ā€ she quit and entered the Iowa Writers Workshop in 1965.

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Jokura was not the only scientist to make a milestone discovery after wandering past a tank containing a gelatinous animal.

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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 ā€œrise of slime.ā€

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"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."

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