medusa
USmə'du:sə
معنی فارسی
مدوسا نجم البحر ريه البحر
معنی کامل و مثالها
/mǝ dōō´sǝ/n., pl.
● (اسطورهی یونان) مدوز
● رجوع شود به: jellyfish
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin Medusa, from Greek Medousa, meaning 'guardian, protectress'.
مثال
- Medusa was one of the three Gorgon sisters in Greek mythology.
- Perseus defeated Medusa by using a mirrored shield to avoid her gaze.
- The sight of Medusa's head turned anyone who looked at it into stone.
تعریف انگلیسی
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
noun
- (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus