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Definitions of medusa

noun
any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

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cnidario
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
noun
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

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sifonóforo
a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored

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