[mɪˈdjuːzə], (Noun)

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- a free-swimming sexual form of a coelenterate such as a jellyfish, typically having an umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around the edge. In some species, medusae are a phase in the life cycle which alternates with a polypoid phase


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mid 18th century: named by association with Medusa

[mɪˈdjuːzə], (Noun)

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- the only mortal gorgon, whom Perseus killed by cutting off her head


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