(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
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
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用作名词 (n.)
Also called the medusa worm, the spaghetti worm has tentacles that radiate out from its tube center to capture particles of food. 也叫水母蠕虫，意大利式细面条的蠕虫有触须呈放射状向外从它的管中心捕获食物的微粒。
用作名词 (n.)
According to myth, anyone looking at the Medusa would turn into stone. 根据神话，任何人看一眼美杜莎就会变成石头。
Jasper hopes the stone Medusa will turn cars and their owners to stone. 贾斯珀希望这个石头的蛇发女怪美杜莎会把汽车和汽车主人们都变成石头。
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[mə'djuːsə]
