MEDUSAN

medusa, medusoid, medusan

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

medusan (not comparable)

(zoology) Relating to the medusas.

Anagrams

• sudamen

Source: Wiktionary



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