medusa
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Transferative use of Medusa.
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medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)
- (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]
- 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:
- Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.
- (pathology) Synonym of worm-star
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- (cnidarian): jellyfish
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- Medusa (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Jellyfish on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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medusa f (plural meduses)
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medusa f (plural medusas)
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medusa f (plural meduse)
- (animals) a jellyfish
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- Hyphenation: me‧du‧sa
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medusa f (plural medusas)
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From Medusa.
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medusa f (plural medusas)
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- “medusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014