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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun medusa has 2 senses
- medusa(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus; is a kind of gorgon
- medusa(n = noun.animal) medusan, medusoid - one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles; is a member of cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata
is a kind of cnidarian, coelenterate
CIDE DICTIONARY
medusa, n. [L., fr. Gr. .].
- The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. [1913 Webster]
- Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. [1913 Webster]" The larger medusæ belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called
covered-eyed medusæ ; others, known asnaked-eyed medusæ , belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hydroids. SeeDiscophora ,Hydroidea , andHydromedusa ." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
medusa, n. (pl. medusae or medusas)
1 a jellyfish.
2 a free-swimming form of any coelenterate, having tentacles round the edge of a usu. umbrella-shaped jelly-like body, e.g. a jellyfish.
1 a jellyfish.
2 a free-swimming form of any coelenterate, having tentacles round the edge of a usu. umbrella-shaped jelly-like body, e.g. a jellyfish.
Derivative
medusan adj.
Etymology
L f. Gk Medousa, name of a Gorgon with snakes instead of hair