medusas
Translucent ocean drifters
Medusas is the plural of medusa, a term for jellyfish—specifically the free-swimming, umbrella-shaped stage of their life cycle, as distinct from the attached polyp stage.
The word comes from the Greek monster Medusa, whose snake-covered head the bell and tentacles resemble: The bay filled with medusas each summer.
The alternate plural medusae appears in scientific writing.
Flexible grasping appendages
- stingSharp wound from insect
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- bellHollow resonating instrument
cnidarian · drifting · plankton · bloom · venomous · aquarium · bioluminescent · pulsing
Serpent-haired mythical being
- PegasusDivine airborne horse
- PerseusGorgon-slaying demigod
- snakesElongated limbless reptiles
- petrificationBecoming rock-like
gaze · monster · Greek · beheading · Athena · shield · reflection · curse
Renaissance-era Italian painter
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- VersaceItalian fashion house
- logoCompany identifying symbol
- decapitatedHead cut off
Bernini · snaky · gaze · feminism · icon · painting · grotesque · beauty
Stages from beginning to end
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- hydrozoanMarine invertebrate with stinging cells
- sexualOf physical desire
- reproductionCopying or procreation
free-swimming · adult · stage · colonial · budding · metamorphosis · larval · medusoid
tentacles
Flexible grasping appendages
- stingSharp wound from insect
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
bell · cnidarian · drifting · plankton · bloom · venomous · aquarium · bioluminescent · pulsing · marine
Gorgon
Serpent-haired mythical being
petrification · gaze · monster · Greek · beheading · Athena · shield · reflection · curse · mortal
Caravaggio
Renaissance-era Italian painter
Bernini · decapitated · snaky · gaze · feminism · icon · painting · grotesque · beauty · horror
lifecycle
Stages from beginning to end
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- hydrozoanMarine invertebrate with stinging cells
- sexualOf physical desire
reproduction · free-swimming · adult · stage · colonial · budding · metamorphosis · larval · medusoid · gonads
- medusa headSerpent-haired monster's severed visage
- Medusa's headSnake-crowned lethal countenance