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Definitions of medusoid
  1. noun
    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

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  2. relating to or resembling a medusa
Definition that contains medusoid
  • anthozoa a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
  • actinozoa a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • anthozoan sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • class actinozoa a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • class anthozoa a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • actinozoan sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
  • scyphozoan any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
  • class hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
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