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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

(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.

[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

, and

Medusa bud

(Zool.)

one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See

, and

–

Medusa’s head

(a)

(Zool.)

An astrophyton

(b)

(Astron.)

A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.