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medusoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun medusoid has 1 sense
- medusoid(n = noun.animal) medusa, medusan - 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; Array is a member of cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata
is a kind of cnidarian, coelenterate
Adjective medusoid has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
medusoid, a. [Medusa + -oid.].
Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. [1913 Webster]
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