jellyfish baby

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

jellyfish baby (plural jellyfish babies)

  1. A stillborn infant with transparent skin and without bones, resulting from radiation poisoning.

References[edit]

  • Everything Has Changed: A brief history of nuclear weapons, New Internationalist, June 2008