Medusoid

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

  Medusoid \Me*du"soid\, a. [Medusa + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa,
     but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile
     gonophores of hydroids. -- n. A sessile gonophore. See
     Illust. under {Gonosome}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  medusoid
       adj : relating to or resembling a medusa