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1. n. The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
2. n. Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
3. n. (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
4. n. 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
5. 1. (Class. Myth.) The class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/gorgon">Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. 2. [pl. Medusae (.] (Zoöl.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. Note: The larger medusæ belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called covered-eyed medusæ; others, known as naked-eyed medusæ, belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hidroids. See Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa. Medusa bud (Zoöl.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See Athecata, and Gonotheca. -- Medusa's head. (a) (Zoöl.) An astrophyton. (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
6. The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed intoserpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
7. n:100 n. (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus n. 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