Definition of Medsa
Medusa, one of the three Gorgons ( q. v.), is fabled to have
been originally a woman of rare beauty, with a magnificent head of hair,
but having offended Athena, that goddess changed her hair into hideous
serpents, and gave to her eyes the power of turning any one into stone
who looked into them; Perseus ( q. v.) cut off her head by the
help of Athena, who afterwards wore it on the middle of her breastplate
or shield.
- Wikipedia
||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.
2. [pl. Medusae (&?;).]
(Zoöl.) Any free swimming acaleph; a
jellyfish.
&fist; The larger medusæ belong to the Discophora,
and are sometimes called covered-eyed medusæ; others,
known as naked-eyed medusæ, belong to the Hydroidea, and
are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See
Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa.
Medusa bud (Zoöl.), one of the
buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa.
See Athecata, and Gonotheca. -- Medusa's
head. (a) (Zoöl.) An
astrophyton. (b) (Astron.) A cluster
of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star
Algol.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Greek mythology) The only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters. She is killed by Perseus. (Read more at Wikipedia)
medusa
Italian
- jellyfish
Spanish
- jellyfish
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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