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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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Hydromedusa
::
Hydromedusa
(n.) Any
medusa
or
jellyfish
which is
produced
by
budding
from a
hydroid.
They are
called
also
Craspedota,
and
naked-eyed
medusae..
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..
Hydromedusae
::
Hydromedusae
(pl. ) of
Hydromedus.
Scapulet
::
Scapulet
(n.) A
secondary
mouth fold
developed
at the base of each of the
armlike
lobes of the
manubrium
of many
rhizostome
medusae.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix.
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..
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..
Medusa
::
Medusa
(n.) Any free
swimming
acaleph;
a
jellyfish.
Medusiform
::
Medusiform
(a.)
Resembling
a
medusa
in shape or
structure.
Tentaculocyst
::
Tentaculocyst
(n.) One of the
auditory
organs
of
certain
medusae;
--
called
also
auditory
tentacle.
Medusae
::
Medusae
(pl. ) of
Medus.
Blubber
::
Blubber
(n.) A large sea
nettle
or
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..
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..
Gorgon
::
Gorgon
(n.) One of three
fabled
sisters,
Stheno,
Euryale,
and
Medusa,
with snaky hair and of
terrific
aspect,
the sight of whom
turned
the
beholder
to
stone.
The name is
particularly
given to
Medusa..
Polypomedusae
::
Polypomedusae
(n. pl.) Same as
Hydrozoa.
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..
Taeniola
::
Taeniola
(n.) One of the
radial
partitions
which
separate
the
internal
cavities
of
certain
medusae.
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.
Ciliograde
::
Ciliograde
(a.)
Moving
by means of
cilia,
or
cilialike
organs;
as, the
ciliograde
Medusae..
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..
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