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1) Medusan 2) Polyp
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• (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. • (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
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in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of ... [3 related articles]
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in zoology, one of two principal body types occurring in members of the invertebrate animal phylum Cnidaria. It is the typical form of the ... [9 related articles]
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a once-beautiful maiden and priestess of Athena ravished by Poseidon in Athena?s temple. For this Athena turned her into an ugly Gorgon with serpents for hair and a lethal gaze. Perseus cut off her head and gave it to Athena to wear as a protective aegis breastplate.
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Image credit: Arseny Gusov The free swimming stage in the life cycle of cnidarians, such as jellyfish, sea anemones, and hydroids. A medusa is shaped like a bell or umbrella and swims by pulsations of its body. It has a relatively thick mesoglea. The nervous system may be partly concentrated in...
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In Greek mythology, a mortal woman who was transformed into a snake-haired
Gorgon by Athena for defiling the goddess's temple with the god Poseidon. She was slain by the...
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1. The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. ... <zoology> Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. ... The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called covered-eyed medusae; others, known as naked-eyed medusae, belong to the Hydroide...
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The name of the mythical gorgon who would turn anyone who looked at her to stone.
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Me·du'sa noun [ Latin , from Greek ....]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
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plural Medusae ]
(Zoology) Any free swimming acaleph; a...
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A disciple of Athena who was turned into a gorgon. She had the hair of snakes and could turn men to stone with her gaze.
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Medusa was a gorgon. She was killed by Perseus.
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Medusa was the youngest and most beautiful of the Gorgons. She loved Poseidon and desecrated the temple of Athene by meeting Poseidon there. For this she was punished by having her hair turned to snakes. The result was her appearance was so hideous to behold that it would turn the viewer to stone.
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The Medusa was a Dutch mine layer of 593 tons displacement launched in 1911. The Medusa was powered by coal fired engines providing a top speed of 12 knots and a range of 2304 km at 6 knots. She carried a complement of 53 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; one 3 inch S.A. gun; two 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns and one machine-gun.
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(Greek mythology: Medousa is a Gorgon with snakes instead of hair) free-swimming bell- or umbrella- shaped form of a coelenterate (e.g. jellyfish). The medusa produces sexually and the fertilised eggs grow into polyps.
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[
n] - (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena 2. [n] - one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
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noun (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
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In Greek mythology, a mortal woman who was transformed into a snake-haired Gorgon by Athena for defiling the goddess's temple with the god Poseidon. She was slain by the hero Perseus who watched her reflection in his shield, as her head was so hideous – even in death – that a direct beholder was turned to stone. The winged horse P...
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Free-swimming phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate, such as a jellyfish or coral. The other phase is the sedentary polyp
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One of several Gorgons. slain by Perseus, who cut off her head.
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