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Medusa

name
/mɪˈdjuːsə//məˈduːsə/US

Etymology

From Middle English Medusa, Meduse, from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).

  1. derived from Μέδουσα
  2. derived from Medūsa
  3. inherited from Medusa

Definitions

  1. The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

    • It will be suggested here that the myth of Perseus, involving the decapitation of Medusa, is a narrative version of ritual.

  2. A jellyfish

    A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.

    • Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.

  3. Synonym of worm-star.

The neighborhood

Derived

medusafish, medusal, medusan, medusa worm, medusiform, medusoid, stauromedusa

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Medusa. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at medusa. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at medusa

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA