Definition of medusa

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Medusa (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.

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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..
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..
Rhopalium :: Rhopalium (n.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Hydranth :: Hydranth (n.) One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
Sea Jelly :: Sea jelly () A medusa, or jellyfish..
Polypomedusae :: Polypomedusae (n. pl.) Same as Hydrozoa.
Medusae :: Medusae (pl. ) of Medus.
Lithocyst :: Lithocyst (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs..
Taeniola :: Taeniola (n.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
Rhizostomata :: Rhizostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix..
Algol :: Algol (n.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness..
Planoblast :: Planoblast (n.) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
Nectocalyx :: Nectocalyx (n.) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
Medusoid :: Medusoid (a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids..
Sea Nettle :: Sea nettle () A jellyfish, or 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..
Hydromedusae :: Hydromedusae (pl. ) of Hydromedus.
Quarl :: Quarl (n.) A medusa, or jellyfish..
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..
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