jellyfish baby

English

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Noun

jellyfish baby (plural jellyfish babies)

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

References

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