Medusa,

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Medusa \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
     1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose
        hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked
        upon her were turned into stone.
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     2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zool.) Any free swimming acaleph; a
        jellyfish.
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     Note: The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are
           sometimes called {covered-eyed medusae}; others, known
           as {naked-eyed medusae}, belong to the Hydroidea, and
           are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See
           {Discophora}, {Hydroidea}, and {Hydromedusa}.
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     {Medusa bud} (Zool.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined
        to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See {Athecata}, and
        {Gonotheca}.
  
     {Medusa's head}.
        (a) (Zool.) An astrophyton.
        (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation
            Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Medusa
       n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by
            Athena; she was slain by Perseus
       2: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming
          coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive
          forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [syn: {jellyfish}, {medusan}]
       3: 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Medusa":
     Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Circe, Cyclops, Echidna,
     Euryale, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medea, Minotaur,
     Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Stheno, Talos, Typhon, bewitcher,
     centaur, charmer, chimera, cockatrice, dragon, drake, enchanter,
     enchantress, griffin, hippocampus, mermaid, merman, nixie, ogre,
     ogress, roc, salamander, satyr, sea horse, sea serpent, siren,
     spellbinder, troll, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, windigo,
     xiphopagus, zombie
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Medusa, NY
    Zip code(s): 12120

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Medusa, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
     Population (2000):    376
     Housing Units (2000): 183
     Land area (2000):     6.785919 sq. miles (17.575449 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.073525 sq. miles (0.190430 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6.859444 sq. miles (17.765879 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46426
     Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
     Location:             42.434449 N, 74.127248 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     12120
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Medusa, NY
      Medusa