(noun) (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair ; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
Definitions for Medusa
(noun) (Greek mythology ) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
(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