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/mədˈusəz hɛd/ Listen

noun

Medusa n.

(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. Note: 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Medusa's head" Quotes from Famous Books

... Pyrrha, escaping from the flood, repeopled the earth by casting behind them stones which became men and women; Heraulos was changed into stone for offending Mercury; Pyrrhus for offending Rhea; Phineus, and Polydectes with his guests, for offending Perseus: under the petrifying glance of Medusa's head such transformations became a thing ...

— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White