MEDUSOID

medusoid

(adjective) relating to or resembling a medusa

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

Noun

medusoid (plural medusoids)

jellyfish

Adjective

medusoid (comparative more medusoid, superlative most medusoid)

Having the shape of a jellyfish

Anagrams

• dumoside

Source: Wiktionary


Me*du"soid, a. Etym: [Medusa + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.

– n.

Definition: A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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