medusa

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See also: Medusa, médusa, Médusa, and Medúsa

English

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A medusa (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)

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Transferative use of Medusa.

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medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)

  1. (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]
    • 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:
      Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.
  2. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin Medusa.

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medusa f (plural meduses)

  1. jellyfish

Galician

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medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. jellyfish, medusa

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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  • IPA(key): /meˈdu.za/
  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Hyphenation: me‧dù‧sa

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medusa f (plural meduse)

  1. (animals) a jellyfish

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: me‧du‧sa

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medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. (zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) água-viva, (Portugal) alforreca

Spanish

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From Medusa.

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  • IPA(key): /meˈdusa/ [meˈð̞u.sa]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: me‧du‧sa

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medusa f (plural medusas)

  1. jellyfish
    Synonyms: (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Southern Spain, Venezuela) aguamala, (Argentina, Southern Spain and Canary Islands, Uruguay) aguaviva, (Peru) malagua, aguamar

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