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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sea nettle any one of several species of stinging jellyfish, common along coasts and much feared by swimmers. Most stings are painful but are not dangerous to man; however, certain jellyfish of the order Cubomedusae and especially an Australian species, Chironex fleckeri, have caused many deaths. The sting, produced by nematocysts located in the tentacles, is used to kill or stun prey. Sea nettles are classified in the phylum Cnidaria , class Scyphoza. ... Read more
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea nettle, sometimes written as knittle. 1. A small line often used to seize rope to form an eye or to bind the tucks of an eye splice, or... Read more
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology medusa ( M- ) one of the three Gorgons, having snakes for the hair of the head XVI (XIV Meduse ); ( m- ) jellyfish, sea-nettle XVIII. — L. Medūsa — Gr. Médousa . Read more

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Sea nettles may aid bay
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 8/20/2007; ; 530 words ; ...dickens, but believe it or not, sea nettles do some good in the Chesapeake Bay...the hottest stretch of the year, sea nettles are finally starting to appear in...phenomenon called "trophic cascade." When sea nettle populations rise, the population... Read more
Sea Thick With Nettles
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/28/1987; 222 words ; Sea nettles, the nasty jellyfish that sting unsuspecting...for the next two months, experts say. The sea nettles began appearing two weeks ago and have...Laboratory in Solomons who has studied sea nettles for 25 years. "We have already stopped... Read more
The color purple: Sea nettles prompt officials to fly marine life warning flag.
Newspaper article from: Walton Sun (Santa Rosa Beach, FL); 9/23/2006; 578 words ; ...Gulf. One species in particular, the sea nettle, has been of particular abundance...with a painful and unprovoked sting, sea nettles may cause people of vulnerable health...jellyfish infestation may be, the sea nettle is one of the least threatening species... Read more
The Sting; They have no brains. They're ugly. They hurt everything they touch. Sea nettles were here long before we were, and no matter what we do, they'll be here long after we are gone
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/30/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...life span of stinging Chesapeake sea nettles and chemically eradicate the pests...found, instead of a chink in the sea nettle's armor, was a creature so reproductively...destroy that stage and eradicate the sea nettle from the bay." So Maryland, Virginia... Read more
Sea nettles. (poem)
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 6/22/1997; ; 174 words ; Ghostly, the nettles floated through a net staked in the bay, shimmying in to touch bare...swimming at Chesapeake Beach in early August. Hardly animals at all, the nettles drifted toward the pebbly shore, scary as mushroom clouds. Of course... Read more
More Nettles Are Predicted In Chesapeake
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/16/1988; 313 words ; ...higher chance of being stung by a sea nettle than they have for several years. Experts say this year's infestation of sea nettles in Chesapeake Bay is expected to...Cargo, who has been forecasting sea nettle populations for 23 years at the Chesapeake... Read more
Wild Wales : Chefs show their nettle; It's the taste sensation... with a sting.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/21/2005; 440 words ; ...third seemed like the nettle's revenge for stealing...deep in a spiteful sea of deep green nettles that were using the...publishing a recipe for nettle and wild herb risotto...natural delights like sea lettuce, purslane...as likely to see nettles on a flash menu as...chicken or veg ... Read more
NSW: Nettle urges Govt to treat Papuans with compassion
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/19/2006; 297 words ; ...General News (Australia) 01-19-2006 NSW: Nettle urges Govt to treat Papuans with compassion...AAP - Australian Greens senator Kerry Nettle has urged the federal government to show...Cape York, after spending five days at sea on a rickety boat. The group of 30 men...location in Cape York's north. Senator ... Read more
Sting of native nettle
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/3/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...hurried through what one described as `a lot of stinging nettle and it felt like a series of needle pricks'." Less than...feet and legs, are works of an evil nature." Nature of nettle Why the sting of ongaonga is so much more potent than...relatives, the northern hemisphere's Ursica urens, the annual ... Read more
Kirk 'must grasp the nettle of reform'
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/15/2003; ; 678 words ; THE Church of Scotland's General Assembly must "grasp the nettle" of reform or face another decade of decline, Church leaders...Assembly, said next week's meeting in Edinburgh had to mark a "sea change" in the Kirk's history by tackling problems of falling...However, this year, I believe the General Assembly will ... Read more

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