• (a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. • (n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/medusoid/
Me·du'soid adjective [ Medusa + -oid .] (Zoology) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. -- noun A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/40