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In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), also called Gorgo (Ancient Greek:
Look up Medusa or medusa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Medusa is one of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology. Medusa may also refer to: Medusa, a Soul
the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa: HMS Medusa (1785) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched
in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters
HNLMS Medusa may refer to the following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy: HNLMS Van Speijk (1842), a corvette, also known as Medusa HNLMS Medusa (1854)
Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin-Boltagon) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies or simply jellies, are the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major
Two versions of Medusa were created by the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, one in 1596 and the other in ca. 1597. Both depict
mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα means "guardian, protectress") may refer to the following personages: Medusa, one of the
Medusa complex is a psychological complex revolving around the petrification or freezing of human emotion, and drawing on the classical myth of the Medusa
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Cunning.
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(Πήγασος) Greek name derived from the word pegaios, PEGASOS means "born near the pege (source of the ocean, spring, or well)." In mythology, this is the name of a winged horse who was the son of Poseidôn and the Gorgon Medousa (Latin Medusa), and brother to the giant Khrysaor (Latin Chrysaor). Like Athene, who was born of Zeus's head, Pegasos and Chrysaor are said to have been born of Medusa's neck when Perseus beheaded her. According to Hesiod, everywhere Pegasus struck hoof to earth an inspiring spring burst forth.
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(ΧÏυσάωÏ) Greek name KHRYSAOR means "golden sword." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidôn and the Gorgon Medousa (Latin Medusa). He is usually described as a giant, but sometimes as a winged boar, just as his twin brother Pegasos is described as a winged horse.
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Small.
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Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Water Clad; A Spring; A Fountain
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Lives in Wolfe's cottage.
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Hindu, Indian
Most Beautiful
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English pet form of Latin Priscilla, PRISSY means "ancient."
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Winter
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Tamil
A bird
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Indian
Ceremonial, Ceremonious
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Hindu, Indian
Lord of Snake; Farm Worker
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Embodiment of Humanity
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Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.
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The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
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The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
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The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
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One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
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One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
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Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
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A medusa.
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A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
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A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
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of Medusa
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Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.
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A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
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Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.
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One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
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A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.
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The campanularian medusae.
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A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.