電でん気きクラゲ

noun

Portuguese man-of-war

Colloquial name for the Portuguese man-of-war, a marine hydrozoan known for its painful sting. The literal meaning is 'electric jellyfish'.

See also: カツオノエボシ

• 海かい岸がんに電でん気きクラゲが打うち上あげられていた。

  A Portuguese man-of-war had washed up on the beach.

• 電でん気きクラゲに刺さされるととても痛いたいらしい。

  I hear it's very painful if you get stung by a Portuguese man-of-war.