MEDUSA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

[pl. Medusae (.] (Zoöl.)

3.
n.

Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.


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