MEDUSAE Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word medusae. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MEDUSAE
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| jellyfish | nounn | |||||||
noun • large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles • any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | ||||||||
| hydrozoan | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant | ||||||||
| jelly | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods • a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit • any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin verb • make into jelly | ||||||||
| medusan | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
| medusoid | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or resembling a medusa 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 | ||||||||
