medusoid

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

me=du=soid

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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

medusoid(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or resembling a medusa; Array

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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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