medusa

== English == === Etymology === By appellativization from Medusa. === Pronunciation === === Noun === medusa (plural medusas or medusae or (obsolete) medusæ) (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.] (pathology) Synonym of worm-star. ==== Synonyms ==== (non-polyp form of cnidarian): jelly, jellyfish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === (cnidarian): jellyfish === References === Medusa (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Jellyfish on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === amused, sea mud == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Medusa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məˈðu.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [meˈðu.za] === Noun === medusa f (plural meduses) jellyfish == Galician == === Noun === medusa f (plural medusas) jellyfish, medusa == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈdu.za/ Rhymes: -uza Hyphenation: me‧dù‧sa === Noun === medusa f (plural meduse) (animals) a jellyfish ==== Derived terms ==== meduseo === Anagrams === desuma == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧du‧sa === Noun === medusa f (plural medusas) (zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian) Synonyms: (Brazil) água-viva, (Portugal) alforreca === Further reading === “medusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “medusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Medusa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈdusa/ [meˈð̞u.sa] Rhymes: -usa Syllabification: me‧du‧sa === Noun === medusa f (plural medusas) jellyfish Synonyms: (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Southern Spain, Venezuela) aguamala, (Argentina, Southern Spain and Canary Islands, Uruguay) aguaviva, (Peru) malagua, aguamar ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “medusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025