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Hydromedusa :: Hydromedusa (n.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae..

Hydromedusae :: Hydromedusae (pl. ) of Hydromedus.

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence..

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata..

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith..

Medullar :: Medullar (a.) See Medullary.

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla..

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Pertaining to the medula oblongata.

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.

Medullated :: Medullated (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber..

Medullin :: Medullin (n.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose..

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..

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

Medusae :: Medusae (pl. ) of Medus.

Medusian :: Medusian (n.) A medusa.

Medusiform :: Medusiform (a.) Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.

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..

Medusoid :: Medusoid (n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

Nonmedullated :: Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber..

Polypomedusae :: Polypomedusae (n. pl.) Same as Hydrozoa.

Scyphomeduse :: Scyphomeduse (n. pl.) Same as Acraspeda, or Discophora..

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..