medusan
/mɪˈdjuːz(ə)n/ /mɪˈdjuːs(ə)n/ /mɪˈdʒuːz(ə)n/adjective
1Chiefly with capital initial. Of, relating to, or resembling the Gorgon Medusa.
2 Zoology. Of, relating to, or resembling a medusa.
noun
Zoology. A medusoid cnidarian.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in ‘Anthony Pasquin’ (1754–1818), satirist (real name John Williams). From Medusa + -an.
- unanalyzable
- unanalyzed
- unanchored
- unaneled
- Unani
- unanimated
- unanimity
- unanimous
- unanimously
- unanimousness
- unannounced
- unanswerability
- unanswerable
- unanswerableness
- unanswerably
- unanswered
- unanticipated
- unapologetic
- unapologetically
- unapparent
- unappealable
- unappealing
- unappealingly
- unappeasable
- unappeased