What is the meaning of Medusa?

noun

  • Greek mythology. ( a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus)
  • One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles.
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