"medusa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medusas [plural], medusae [plural], medusæ [plural]
Etymology: Transferative use of Medusa. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|medusae|medusæ}} medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)
  1. (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Cnidarians Synonyms (jelly, jellyfish): non-polyp form of cnidarian Related terms (jellyfish): cnidarian Translations (cnidarian): меду́за (medúza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), medusa [feminine] (Catalan), medúza [feminine] (Czech), medusa [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), meduzo (Esperanto), meduusa (Finnish), méduse [feminine] (French), medusa [feminine] (Galician), Meduse [feminine] (German), μέδουσα (médousa) [feminine] (Greek), medúza [feminine] (Hungarian), meduzo (Ido), meduza (Ingrian), medusa [feminine] (Italian), medūsa [New-Latin, feminine] (Latin), medūza [feminine] (Latvian), medūzà [feminine] (Lithuanian), медуза (meduza) [feminine] (Macedonian), medusa [feminine] (Portuguese), alforreca [feminine] (Portuguese), água-viva [feminine] (Portuguese), meduză [feminine] (Romanian), меду́за (medúza) [feminine] (Russian), меду́за [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), medúza [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), medúza [feminine] (Slovak), medusa [feminine] (Spanish), மெதூசா (metūcā) (Tamil), меду́за (medúza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), מעדוזע (meduze) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: worm-star [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: medusafish, medusal, medusoid

Inflected forms

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        "Synonym of worm-star"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "medúza",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "medusa"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Meduse"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "médousa",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "medúza"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "медуза"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "medusa"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alforreca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "água-viva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meduză"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "меду́за"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "medúza"
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      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medúza"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "metūcā",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "word": "மெதூசா"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "medúza",
      "sense": "cnidarian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "меду́за"
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    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "meduze",
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      "word": "מעדוזע"
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}

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