Medusa Synonyms

mĭ-do͝osə, -zə, -dyo͝o-
One of the three Gorgons, slain by Perseus
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. medusoid
  2. medusan

Words Related to Medusa

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Medusa Sentence Examples

  • The endoderm of the medusa shows the same general types of structure as in the polyp, described above.

  • Balfour put forward the view that the polyp was the more primitive type, and that the medusa is a special modification of the polyp for reproductive purposes, the result of division of labour in a polypcolony, whereby special reproductive persons become detached and acquire organs of locomotion for spreading the species.

  • By Haeckel they are considered homologous with the umbrella of a medusa.

  • It is evident that the outer envelope of the gonophore represents the ex-umbral ectoderm (ex.), and that the inner ectoderm lining the cavity represents the sub-umbral ectoderm of the free medusa.

  • Finally, a mouth is formed by breaking through at the apex of the manubrium, and the now fully-formed medusa becomes separated by rupture of the stalk of the bud and swims away.

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