medusoid Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
medusa; medusan.
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adjective relating to or resembling a medusa
WordNet
Me*du"soid adjective
Etymology
Definitions
(Zoöl.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. --n. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome .