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One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

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  1. n. One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
  2. n. Anything very ugly or horrid.
  3. n. The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
  4. a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.
  5. n. (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
  6. 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa. 2. Anything very ugly or horrid. Milton. 3. (Zoöl.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.
  7. One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, withsnaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned thebeholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
  8. n:100 n. (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone