medusa
/mɪˈdjuːzə/noun
(pl.medusae /-ziː /或medusas)
1- Zoology a free-swimming sexual form of a coelenterate such as a jellyfish, typically having an umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around the edge. In some species, medusae are a phase in the life cycle which alternates with a polypoid phase.【动】水母体; 水母期。比较POLYP.
1.1
- a jellyfish水母, 海蜇。
词源
mid 18th cent.: named by association with MEDUSA.