mə̇d(y)üsə, -üzə noun
( plural medu·sae -(ˌ)sē, -(ˌ)zē)
Etymology: New Latin Medusa, a Linnaean genus of jellyfish, after Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, from Latin, from Greek Medousa
: jellyfish ; especially : a small hydrozoan jellyfish
mə̇d(y)üsə, -üzə noun
( plural medu·sae -(ˌ)sē, -(ˌ)zē)
Etymology: New Latin Medusa, a Linnaean genus of jellyfish, after Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, from Latin, from Greek Medousa
: jellyfish ; especially : a small hydrozoan jellyfish
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012