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Defenition of the word medusa

    • Defenition of the word medusa

      • any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
      • 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
      • (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
      • 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

    Synonyms for the word medusa

      • jellyfish
      • Medusa
      • medusan

    Meronymys for the word medusa

      • Cnidaria
      • Coelenterata
      • phylum Cnidaria
      • phylum Coelenterata

    Hyponyms for the word medusa

      • Aegina
      • Chrysaora quinquecirrha

    Hypernyms for the word medusa

      • cnidarian
      • coelenterate
      • gorgo
      • gorgon
      • gorgona

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