Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun medusa

2 senses of medusa

Sense 1
Medusa -- ((Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus)
       => Gorgon -- ((Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone)

Sense 2
medusa, medusoid, medusan -- (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)
       => coelenterate, cnidarian -- (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)