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The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
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- 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.
- n. Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
- 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
- The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed intoserpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
- 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