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Definition of Medusae
1. medusa [n] - See also: medusa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Medusae
Literary usage of Medusae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Turns produces free medusae. Amphi- nema is a medusan genus of unknown hydroid.
а. ... free medusae or gono- The aP^x of lhe stomach is pro- phores. ..."
2. Comparative Physiology of the Brain and Comparative Psychology by Jacques Loeb (1900)
"CHAPTER II THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF medusae. EXPERIMENTS ON SPONTANEITY AND
COORDINATION i. Experiments on medusae or jelly-fish afford us an excellent ..."
3. Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1900)
"medusae or jelly-fishes.—Most of the other polyps differ from Hydra also in ...
These medusae consist of a soft gelatinous bell- or umbrella-shaped body, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Turns produces free medusae. ... It buds medusae, which, however, are as yet only
known in an immature condition (C. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"As soon as we reached the part of the stream where the medusae had been found we
began to strain our eyes, attempting to get a glimpse of one in the murky ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"medusae are nearly always of separate boxes, and instances of ... medusae often
have the power of budding, and the buds arc formed cither OD the ..."
7. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"When disturbed, the medusae swam about, like other medusae, with their tentacles
below. Two specimens of this species that Mr. M'Andrew brought home, ..."
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