Bēr'o-e, n.

n. [Fr. béroe, Lat. Beroe, Gr. Βερόη, one of the Oceanidæ.] (Zoöl.) A small marine animal, of the class Medusæ or Acalephæ, having an oval or globular body, of a transparent, gelatinous consistence. It is among the animals that produce the phosphorescence of the ocean. Carpenter.