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Definition of Medusoid

1. Noun. 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.

Definition of Medusoid

1. a. Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.

Definition of Medusoid

1. Noun. jellyfish ¹

2. Adjective. Having the shape of a jellyfish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medusoid

1. medusa [n -S] - See also: medusa

Medical Definition of Medusoid

1. Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. A sessile gonophore. Origin: Medusa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Medusoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"On Reproduction by Ova from the medusoid of Campanularia Johnstoni. ... The tissues of the medusoid are developed from, and continuous with, both the layers ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"(I.) On Reproduction by Oca from the medusoid of Campanularia Johnstoni. (2. ... The tissues of the medusoid are developed from, and continuous with, ..."

3. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1853)
"Their death shortly afterwards prevented all subsequent observation on their development. On the Universality of a medusoid Structure in the Reproductive ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"(c) [ie] Some hydrozoan resembling or supposed to be one of the foregoing; a medusoid: as, the naked-eyed medusa; of Forbes, which are the reproductive ..."

5. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"The double systems, hydroid and medusoid, are therefore here given separately ; where practicable, each generation has the corresponding generation appended ..."

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