medusoid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    medusa; medusan.
  2. adjective relating to or resembling a medusa

WordNet


Me*du"soid adjective
Etymology
Medusa + -oid.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. -- n. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

Webster 1913