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Word: Medusa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: named by association with Medusa
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
mɪˈdjuːzə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a free-swimming sexual form of a coelenterate such as a jellyfish, typically having an umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around the edge. In some species, medusae are a phase in the life cycle which alternates with a polypoid phase.
Short Definition:free-swimming sexual form of coelenterate such as jellyfish
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