jellyfish baby
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
jellyfish baby (plural jellyfish babies)
- A stillborn infant with transparent skin and without bones, resulting from radiation poisoning.
References edit
- Everything Has Changed: A brief history of nuclear weapons, New Internationalist, June 2008