the bell-shaped swimming form of the cnidarian body plan. Example: a jellyfish

The umbrella-shaped type of jelly.

med-oo-sa i) A jellyfish, ii) a free-swimming sexual form of any coelenterate, having tentacles round the edge of a usu. umbrella-shaped jelly-like body, e.g. a jellyfish.

bell-shaped zooplankton, "jellyfish"

any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles

a bell-shaped, motile body plan, in which the mouth is directed downward

n. (plural: medusae) One of two main body forms in the life cycle of certain cnidarians, typically domeshaped and free-swimming. Compare to polyp.

In cnidarians, a medusa is an animal with a jellyfish-like shape: an umbrella-shaped body with the mouth facing downwards and surrounded by tentacles. Many cnidarians go through this free-swimming stage as medusae in their life cycle.

The floating, flattened, mouth-down version of the cnidarian body plan. The alternate form is the polyp. megapascal (MPa)( meg-uh-pass- kal) A unit of pressure equivalent to 10 atmospheres of pressure.

The motile bell-shaped form of body plan in cnidarians; e.g., jellyfish.

the free-swimming stage in the life cycle of cnidarians (Phylum Cnidaria). Examples are jellyfish. the free-swimming stage in the life cycle of cnidarians (synapomorphy of Phylum Cnidaria). Examples are jellyfish.

In biology, a medusa (also known as a hydromedusa) is a form of cnidarian in which the body is shortened on its principal axis and broadened, sometimes greatly, in contrast with the hydroid or polyp. Medusae vary from bell-shaped to the shape of a thin disk, scarcely convex above and only slightly concave below. The upper or aboral surface is called the exumbrella and the lower surface is called the subumbrella; the mouth is located on the lower surface, which may be partially closed by a membrane extending inward from the margin (called the velum).

She was one the the three Gorgon sisters. They had living snakes as hair, bronze hands, and golden wings. Sometimes they were also shown having a snake's tail instead of legs. Any who looked at them would be turned to stone. They were daughters of a sea god and a sea monster. The sisters names were Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. Medusa was later slain by Perseus (Greek hero).

(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus

a snake-haired, horrible woman whose gaze can turn creatures to stone.

The name of the mythical gorgon who would turn anyone who looked at her to stone.

(meh-DOO-suh) Gorgon slain by Perseus

( Gorgon) Snake-haired female monster

In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα, Médousa, "guardian, protectress"The verb medein "to protect, rule over", has given the name of another dangerous protectress, Medea.), was a monstrous chthonic female character, essentially an extension of an apotropaic mask, gazing upon whom could turn onlookers to stone. Secondarily, Medusa was tripled into a trio of sisters, the Gorgons.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the medusa is a monstrous humanoid creature with a mass of writhing, hissing snakes instead of hair.