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Webster 1913 Edition


Medusa


Me-du′sa

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [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.
2.
[pl.
Medusae
.]
(Zool.)
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 Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See
Discophora
,
Hydroidea
, and
Hydromedusa
.
Medusa bud
(Zool.)
,
one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See
Athecata
, and
Gonotheca
.
Medusa’s head
.
(a)
(Zool.)
An astrophyton
.
(b)
(Astron.)
A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.

Definition 2024


médusa

médusa

See also: medusa and Medusa

French

Verb

médusa

  1. third-person singular past historic of méduser