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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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