Meaning

1 senses

  1. Jellyfish

More definitions
  • 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

Origin

From medusa + -oid.

From medusa + -oid.

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Forms

plural: medusoids
Singularmedusoid
Pluralmedusoids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:medusamedusan

Word family

2 related words
Derivedcryptomedusoideumedusoid

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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