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medusoid

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me⋅du⋅sa

  [muh-doo-suh, -zuh, -dyoo-]
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–noun, plural -sas, -sae  [-see, -zee] . Zoology.
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
Origin:
1750–60; special use of Medusa, alluding to the Gorgon's snaky locks

Related forms:
me⋅du⋅soid  [muh-doo-soid, -dyoo-] , adjective
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me·du·soid   (mĭ-dōō'soid', -zoid', -dyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. A shape resembling a jellyfish.

  2. A jellyfish.

me·du'soid' adj.
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medusa   (mĭ-d'sə)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural medusas or medusae (mĭ-d'sē)
A cnidarian in its free-swimming stage. Medusas are bell-shaped, with tentacles hanging down around a central mouth. Jellyfish are medusas, while corals and sea anemones lack a medusa stage and exist only as polyps. Compare polyp.
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