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Meanings of medusa in anglès

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.

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Usage of medusa in anglès
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A broad, mottled band had appeared along the side of the medusa.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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He could no longer see the medusa; once more it was directly overhead.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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The semi-transparent globules appeared to consist of an animal of the medusa kind.
The Ocean and Its Wonders
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And the medusa, no longer falling, began to roll back toward the horizontal.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Then he noticed that the medusa's tactics seemed to be having some effect.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Leaded windows, gargoyles, masculine medusa heads, a sallyport, loopholes and a little spire.
Mince Pie
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The sea washed up a medusa to the shore-giveit me!
The Malady of the Century
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The medusa remains in its polype state for some months.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 / Volume 17, New Series, F...
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Huxley had detected them in the medusa in 1849.
The Evolution of Man
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Courtesy Tara Expeditions This Liriope medusa caught and ate a large part of a juvenile fish.
Radio NZ
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A medusa fish in an ocean of time?
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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In unison, the remaining mantas dived steeply away from the medusa, gaining speed by losing altitude.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Have you ever seen a medusa, Mr. Crowley?
The Common Man
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The body of the medusa was transparent.
The Ocean and Its Wonders
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But there was a basic, joyful innocence in Solveig and her medusa-like mane that quickly banished disapproval.
The Guardian
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Could the medusa defend itself, Falcon wondered.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Medusa through the time