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Noun
1. immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula)Usually written using kana alone
Wikipedia definition
2. Turritopsis nutriculaTurritopsis nutricula, the immortal jellyfish, is a hydrozoan whose medusa, or jellyfish, form can revert to the polyp stage after becoming sexually mature. It is the only known case of a metazoan capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary stage. It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation.
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ベニクラゲ

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