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- Medusa - n. - The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
- Medusa - n. - Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
- Medusae - pl. - of Medusa
- Medusiform - a. - Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.
- Hydromedusa - n. - Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.
- Pegasus - n. - A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.