medusa
English
Etymology
Transferative use of Medusa.
Noun
medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)
- A jellyfish; specifically (zoology), 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, vol. 36 no. 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.
- 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, vol. 36 no. 5:
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References
- Medusa (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Template:commonslite
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Galician
Noun
medusa f (plural medusas)
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
medusa f (plural meduse)
- (animals) A jellyfish.
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Portuguese
Noun
medusa f (plural medusas)
Spanish
Etymology
From Medusa.
Pronunciation
Noun
medusa f (plural medusas)
Further reading
- “medusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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