Me|du´sa|like´

Me|du´sa|like´
Me|du|sa «muh DOO suh, -DYOO; -zuh», noun, plural -sas.
Greek Legend. one of the three Gorgons or horrible monsters with snakes for hair. Anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone. She was slain by Perseus, and her head fixed on the shield of Athena. »

Cast not thine eye upon Medusa (John Gower).

Me|du´sa|like´, adjective.
me|du|sa «muh DOO suh, -DYOO-; -zuh», noun, plural -sas, -sae «-see, -zee».
a jellyfish, especially a free-swimming type.
[< New Latin Medusa the genus name < Latin Medūsa Medusa (because one species has feelers that look like the snake hair of Medusa)]

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