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Medusoid

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Noun

1. medusa, medusan, medusoid

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

Adjective

2. medusoid

relating to or resembling a medusa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Medusoid

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or resembling a medusa
noun
2.  another name for medusa (sense 2)

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Medusoid

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adjective
1. 
like a medusa, or jellyfish
noun
2. 
a medusa-shaped gonophore of a hydrozoan

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Medusoid

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a medusa or a jellyfish.
2. Designating or relating to the medusa stage in the life cycle of a cnidarian.
n.
A medusalike bud developed from a hydrozoan polyp, a medusa, or a jellyfish.

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