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Medusa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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

Medusa is used for these senses in English:

  • Medusa (Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

Medusa — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. noun The free-swimming, umbrella-shaped form of a jellyfish.

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