Medusa
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by
         Athena; she was slain by Perseus
    2: 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 [syn: medusa, medusoid, medusan]

Medusa \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
   1. (Class. Myth.) 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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   2. [pl. Medusae.] (Zool.) Any free swimming acaleph; a
      jellyfish.
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   Note: The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are
         sometimes called covered-eyed medusae; others, known
         as naked-eyed medusae, belong to the Hydroidea, and
         are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See
         Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa.
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   Medusa bud (Zool.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined
      to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See Athecata, and
      Gonotheca.

   Medusa's head.
      (a) (Zool.) An astrophyton.
      (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation
          Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
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Medusa, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
   Population (2000):    376
   Housing Units (2000): 183
   Land area (2000):     6.785919 sq. miles (17.575449 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.073525 sq. miles (0.190430 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.859444 sq. miles (17.765879 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            46426
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             42.434449 N, 74.127248 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     12120
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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