Beroen.
/ˈbɛrəʊiː/ Zoology.
A genus of small, gelatinous, marine animals classed by Huxley among the Cœlenterata; they swim freely in the sea, and are phosphorescent at night.
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Beroe1770
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 144 The beroe is a marine animal found on our coasts.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. vi. 198 [The gelatines] as well as the beroe, are said to form part of the food of the whale.
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 181/2 The beroes are perhaps the most familiar.
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