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

1 sense of medusan

Sense 1
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)