About The Word Medusa

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Medusa

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What's The Definition Of Medusa?
[n] one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
[n] any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [n] (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus Synonyms | Synonyms for Medusa: jellyfish | medusan Related Terms | Find terms related to Medusa: Argus | bewitcher | Briareus | centaur | Cerberus | charmer | Charybdis | chimera | Circe | cockatrice | Cyclops | dragon | drake | Echidna | enchanter | enchantress | Euryale | Gorgon | griffin | Harpy | hippocampus | Hydra | Loch Ness monster | Medea | mermaid | merman | Minotaur | nixie | ogre | ogress | Pegasus | Python | roc | salamander | satyr | Scylla | sea horse | sea serpent | siren | spellbinder | Sphinx | Stheno | Talos | troll | Typhon | unicorn | vampire | werewolf | windigo | xiphopagus | zombie See Also | Aegina | Chrysaora quinquecirrha | Cnidaria | cnidarian | Coelenterata | coelenterate | Gorgon | phylum Cnidaria | phylum Coelenterata Medusa In Webster's Dictionary \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose
hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked
upon her were turned into stone.
2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any free swimming acaleph; a
jellyfish.
Note: The larger medus[ae] belong to the Discophora, and are
sometimes called {covered-eyed medus[ae]}; others,
known as {naked-eyed medus[ae]}, belong to the
Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from
hidroids. See {Discophora}, {Hydroidea}, and
{Hydromedusa}.
{Medusa bud} (Zo["o]l.), one of the buds of a hydroid,
destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See
{Athecata}, and {Gonotheca}.
{Medusa's head}.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) An astrophyton.
(b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation
Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
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