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Definition of medusa
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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..
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Medusae
::
Medusae
(pl. ) of
Medus.
Polypite
::
Polypite
(n.)
Sometimes,
the
manubrium
of a
hydroid
medusa..
Pegasus
::
Pegasus
(n.) A
winged
horse
fabled
to have
sprung
from the body of
Medusa
when she was
slain.
He is noted for
causing,
with a blow of his hoof,
Hippocrene,
the
inspiring
fountain
of the
Muses,
to
spring
from Mount
Helicon.
On this
account
he is, in
modern
times,
associated
with the
Muses,
and with ideas of
poetic
inspiration..
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..
Medusian
::
Medusian
(n.) A
medusa.
Velum
::
Velum (n.) The
circular
membrane
that
partially
incloses
the space
beneath
the
umbrella
of
hydroid
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..
Taeniola
::
Taeniola
(n.) One of the
radial
partitions
which
separate
the
internal
cavities
of
certain
medusae.
Manubrium
::
Manubrium
(n.) The
proboscis
of a
jellyfish;
--
called
also
hypostoma.
See
Illust.
of
Hydromedusa.
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..
Meconidium
::
Meconidium
(n.) A kind of
gonophore
produced
by
hydroids
of the genus
Gonothyraea.
It has
tentacles,
and
otherwise
resembles
a free
medusa,
but
remains
attached
by a
pedicel..
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..
Planoblast
::
Planoblast
(n.) Any
free-swimming
gonophore
of a
hydroid;
a
hydroid
medusa.
Polypomedusae
::
Polypomedusae
(n. pl.) Same as
Hydrozoa.
Medusiform
::
Medusiform
(a.)
Resembling
a
medusa
in shape or
structure.
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..
Hydromedusa
::
Hydromedusa
(n.) Any
medusa
or
jellyfish
which is
produced
by
budding
from a
hydroid.
They are
called
also
Craspedota,
and
naked-eyed
medusae..
Quarl
::
Quarl (n.) A
medusa,
or
jellyfish..
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..
Blubber
::
Blubber
(n.) A large sea
nettle
or
medusa.
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