Home › Words › Q › quarlquarl/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)l/quarl means A medusa or jellyfish.quarl is pronounced /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)l/.EtymologyFrom German Qualle.nounA medusa or jellyfish.e.g.“The jellied quarl that flings / At once a thousand streaming stings.” — 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:A fire-resistant channel for a burner in a boiler or furnace.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.calmar 62% match — A squid (the mollusk). vs quarl →calamary 56% match — A squid. vs quarl →medusa 56% match — A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. vs quarl →quarklike 56% match — Resembling a quark. vs quarl →calamar 55% match — A squid. vs quarl →quog 55% match — Synonym of quahog. vs quarl →quadrel 55% match — A square brick or tile; a quarrel. vs quarl →quarrender 54% match — A kind of red apple. vs quarl →