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. [1913 Webster] 2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zool.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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
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