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медуза — meaning in English

Meduza

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English meaning

  • gorgon noun In Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters with snakes for hair, whose gaze turned people to stone.
  • jellyfish noun A soft-bodied, mostly transparent sea creature with a bell-shaped body and trailing tentacles, often capable of stinging.
  • Medusa name In Greek mythology, a monstrous figure with living snakes for hair whose gaze turned onlookers to stone; the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters, slain by the hero Perseus.

Senses

медуза is used for these senses in English:

  • Medusa (Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
  • gorgon (Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
  • jellyfish An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
  • medusa (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]

gorgon — full definition

  1. noun In Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters with snakes for hair, whose gaze turned people to stone.
  2. noun A fierce, frightening, or intimidating woman.

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