Medusa
10 definitions retrieved  Medusa \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. [1913 Webster] 2. [pl. Medusae.] (Zool.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. [1913 Webster] Note: The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called covered-eyed medusae; others, known as naked-eyed medusae, belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa. [1913 Webster] Medusa bud (Zool.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See Athecata, and Gonotheca. Medusa's head. (a) (Zool.) An astrophyton. (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol. [1913 Webster]  Medusa n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus 2: 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 [syn: medusa, medusoid, medusan]  Medusa, NY Zip code(s): 12120  Medusa [mdʒuzə] Méduse  medusa medúza  Medusa [medysa] Medusa  Medusa [medysa] Méduse  medusa jelly‐fish(meduzo)  Medusa, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 376 Housing Units (2000): 183 Land area (2000): 6.785919 sq. miles (17.575449 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.073525 sq. miles (0.190430 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.859444 sq. miles (17.765879 sq. km) FIPS code: 46426 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 42.434449 N, 74.127248 W ZIP Codes (1990): 12120 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Medusa, NY Medusa  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Medusa": Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Circe, Cyclops, Echidna, Euryale, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medea, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Stheno, Talos, Typhon, bewitcher, centaur, charmer, chimera, cockatrice, dragon, drake, enchanter, enchantress, griffin, hippocampus, mermaid, merman, nixie, ogre, ogress, roc, salamander, satyr, sea horse, sea serpent, siren, spellbinder, troll, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie Medusa related |
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