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Definition of medusa
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Medusa
(n.) Any free
swimming
acaleph;
a
jellyfish.
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Perseus
::
Perseus
(n.) A
Grecian
legendary
hero, son of
Jupiter
and
Danae,
who slew the
Gorgon
Medusa..
Jellyfish
::
"Jellyfish
(n.) Any one of the
acalephs,
esp. one of the
larger
species,
having
a
jellylike
appearance.
See
Medusa..
Medusa
::
Medusa
(n.) The
Gorgon;
or one of the
Gorgons
whose hair was
changed
into
serpents,
after which all who
looked
upon her were
turned
into
stone..
Quarl
::
Quarl (n.) A
medusa,
or
jellyfish..
Hydromedusa
::
Hydromedusa
(n.) Any
medusa
or
jellyfish
which is
produced
by
budding
from a
hydroid.
They are
called
also
Craspedota,
and
naked-eyed
medusae..
Algol
::
Algol (n.) A fixed star, in
Medusa's
head, in the
constellation
Perseus,
remarkable
for its
periodic
variation
in
brightness..
Pulmograde
::
Pulmograde
(a.)
Swimming
by the
expansion
and
contraction,
or
lunglike
movement,
of the body, or of the disk, as do the
medusae..
Tentaculocyst
::
Tentaculocyst
(n.) One of the
auditory
organs
of
certain
medusae;
--
called
also
auditory
tentacle.
Trachymedusae
::
Trachymedusae
(n. pl.) A
division
of
acalephs
in which the
development
is
direct
from the eggs,
without
a
hydroid
stage.
Some of the
species
are
parasitic
on other
medusae..
Ciliograde
::
Ciliograde
(a.)
Moving
by means of
cilia,
or
cilialike
organs;
as, the
ciliograde
Medusae..
Gonophore
::
Gonophore
(n.) A
sexual
zooid
produced
as a
medusoid
bud upon a
hydroid,
sometimes
becoming
a free
hydromedusa,
sometimes
remaining
attached.
See
Hydroidea,
and
Illusts.
of
Athecata,
Campanularian,
and
Gonosome..
Vesiculata
::
Vesiculata
(n. pl.) The
campanularian
medusae.
Taeniola
::
Taeniola
(n.) One of the
radial
partitions
which
separate
the
internal
cavities
of
certain
medusae.
Medusae
::
Medusae
(pl. ) of
Medus.
Semaeostomata
::
Semaeostomata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Discophora
having
large free mouth
lobes.
It
includes
Aurelia,
and
Pelagia.
Called
also
Semeostoma.
See
Illustr.
under
Discophora,
and
Medusa..
Gymnophthalmata
::
Gymnophthalmata
(n. pl.) A group of
acalephs,
including
the
naked-eyed
medusae;
the
hydromedusae.
Most of them are known to be the
free-swimming
progeny
(gonophores)
of
hydroids..
Velum
::
Velum (n.) The
circular
membrane
that
partially
incloses
the space
beneath
the
umbrella
of
hydroid
medusae.
Medusian
::
Medusian
(n.) A
medusa.
Acalephae
::
Acalephae
(n. pl.) A group of
Coelenterata,
including
the
Medusae
or
jellyfishes,
and
hydroids;
-- so
called
from the
stinging
power they
possess.
Sometimes
called
sea
nettles..
Planoblast
::
Planoblast
(n.) Any
free-swimming
gonophore
of a
hydroid;
a
hydroid
medusa.
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