Crossword clues for medusae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Medusa \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
(Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
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[pl. Medusae.] (Zo["o]l.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. Note: The larger medus[ae] belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called covered-eyed medus[ae]; others, known as naked-eyed medus[ae], belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa. Medusa bud (Zo["o]l.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See Athecata, and Gonotheca. Medusa's head.
(Zo["o]l.) An astrophyton.
(Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of: medusa)
n. (context obsolete English) (en-irregular plural of: medusa)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "medusae".
The Medusae, you know, first promised to conquer our System for the Purples, just for a shipload of iron.
Talking of stealing something the Medusae are guarding in their securest fortress!
The voices of the Medusae were shrill whisperings, dry and eerie, so utterly unearthly that John Star, listening, shuddered to a chill of undiluted horror.
The rulers of that planet were the monstrous Medusae, and it was scarcely habitable for men.
I think we can reach the planet, now—if we can pass the barrier the Medusae have set up to defend it.
But I believe the Medusae have their planet very effectively defended.
A virus, a secondary radiation excited by the barrier rays, or perhaps a toxic emanation from the bodies of the Medusae themselves—those stricken scientists could never agree on what it was.
Reason insisted that the Medusae would scarcely join an interstellar war for a single cargo of iron.
The efficient Medusae watched—curious, no doubt, to observe the effects of their barrier rays on the wreckage of the ship.
Aladoree is guarded in a fortress that would be impregnable to all the fleets of the Legion—if the Medusae haven’t already tortured the secret from her and done away with her!
The city of the Medusae is somewhere on the west coast, the Commander said.
Then the Medusae will come to us for orders—unless we decide to destroy the whole city out of hand.
Are you trying, John Ulnar, to get the better of them and the Medusae too?
John Star, glancing up at the square of crimson sky, saw the dark circles of the Medusae, larger now, midway down.
And the three behind him, if they had dived before the Medusae came, could they be still alive?