medusoidadj.n.

Brit.

/mᵻˈdjuːzɔɪd/,

/mᵻˈdjuːsɔɪd/,

/mᵻˈdʒuːzɔɪd/,

/mᵻˈdʒuːsɔɪd/, U.S.

/məˈd(j)uzɔɪd/,

/məˈd(j)usɔɪd/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Medusa n., -oid suffix.

Etymology: < Medusa n. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -oid suffix.

Zoology.

A. adj.

Resembling a medusa or jellyfish in form or function; designating or relating to a stage of the life cycle of a cnidarian in which the body form is that of a medusa.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Medusae > relating to or resembling a Medusa

medusal1847

medusiform1848

medusoid1848

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of class Hydrozoa > of colonial hydrozoan > of gonophore

medusoid1848

1848 E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 83 Zoophytic and Medusoid forms would have regularly alternated.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 133 These ‘Medusae’ [sc. the Discophora] resemble the more perfect free medusoid gonophores of the Hydrophora.

1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 99 Whilst Cœlentera of the first and simplest type are usually sessile, those just described, the medusoid forms, are generally free-swimming.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. v. 83 In some cases the colonies belong to the medusoid type and are free-swimming, like the Portuguese man-of-war.

1962 F. H. T. Rhodes Evol. of Life iv. 83 The Pre-Cambrian rocks of the Grand Canyon..have yielded a medusoid impression that probably represents a jellyfish.

1987 Nature 2 July 62/1 Like a medusoid cnidarian, the Cambrian specimens reveal a plethora of tentacles.

B. n.

1. The medusa-like reproductive bud of a polypoid hydrozoan.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > parts of

medusoid1848

interradius1870

peronium1880

1848 E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 72 The full-grown medusoid of the Corymorpha.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 127 From this state, the gonophore presents every degree of complication, until it acquires the form of a bell-shaped body, called from its resemblance to a Medusa or jelly-fish, a medusoid.

1940 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. iv. 156 From the underside of the float hang..groups of medusoids looking like bunches of grapes of a deep blue colour.

1963 G. A. Kerkut Borradaile & Potts's Invertebrata (rev. ed.) v. 159 Among the hydroids with sessile medusoids or gonophores there are many forms in which the medusoid structure is lost.

1994 Marine Biol. 118 695 The life history of the bivalve-inhabiting hydroid Eugymnanthea inquilina was investigated in two different hosts... Production of medusoids was high in mussels, whereas medusoids were rare and often abortive in clams.

2. A medusa or medusa-like animal.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish)

nettle1601

sea-nettle1601

blubber1602

nettlefish1611

red nettle1611

squalder1659

sea-jellya1682

urticaa1682

carvel1688

sea-qualm1694

sea-bleb1700

acaleph1706

sea-blubber1717

Medusa1752

quarla1820

acalephan1834

medusite1838

jellyfish1841

naked-eyed medusa1848

slobber1849

sea-cross1850

sea-danger1850

sun squall1853

discophore1856

medusoid1856

starch1860

Discophoran1876

jelly1882

sea-blub1885

1856 P. H. Gosse Tenby x. 90 As when we presume a nervous system..from the visual spherules in the medusoids of the Campanulariadæ.

1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 282 One of the prettiest free-swimming Medusoids is more or less bell-shaped.

1890 W. E. Fothergill Zool. Types & Classif. 12 Free swimming ‘Medusoids’ or Craspedota with velum.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. v. 92 We venture to suggest that true jellyfishes be always called medusae, while the not nearly related swimming-bells be always called medusoids.

1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xi. 152 Wrinkled grey or yellowish sea slugs;..medusoids; sea urchins as prickly as hedgehogs.

1992 Earth Mar. 32/2 Graceful medusoids carry mildly toxic venom on their floating tentacles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	medusoid
释义	medusoidadj.n. Brit. /mᵻˈdjuːzɔɪd/, /mᵻˈdjuːsɔɪd/, /mᵻˈdʒuːzɔɪd/, /mᵻˈdʒuːsɔɪd/, U.S. /məˈd(j)uzɔɪd/, /məˈd(j)usɔɪd/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Medusa n., -oid suffix. Etymology: < Medusa n. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -oid suffix. Zoology. A. adj. Resembling a medusa or jellyfish in form or function; designating or relating to a stage of the life cycle of a cnidarian in which the body form is that of a medusa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Medusae > relating to or resembling a Medusa medusal1847 medusiform1848 medusoid1848 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of class Hydrozoa > of colonial hydrozoan > of gonophore medusoid1848 1848 E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 83 Zoophytic and Medusoid forms would have regularly alternated. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 133 These ‘Medusae’ [sc. the Discophora] resemble the more perfect free medusoid gonophores of the Hydrophora. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 99 Whilst Cœlentera of the first and simplest type are usually sessile, those just described, the medusoid forms, are generally free-swimming. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. v. 83 In some cases the colonies belong to the medusoid type and are free-swimming, like the Portuguese man-of-war. 1962 F. H. T. Rhodes Evol. of Life iv. 83 The Pre-Cambrian rocks of the Grand Canyon..have yielded a medusoid impression that probably represents a jellyfish. 1987 Nature 2 July 62/1 Like a medusoid cnidarian, the Cambrian specimens reveal a plethora of tentacles. B. n. 1. The medusa-like reproductive bud of a polypoid hydrozoan. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > parts of medusoid1848 interradius1870 peronium1880 1848 E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 72 The full-grown medusoid of the Corymorpha. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 127 From this state, the gonophore presents every degree of complication, until it acquires the form of a bell-shaped body, called from its resemblance to a Medusa or jelly-fish, a medusoid. 1940 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. iv. 156 From the underside of the float hang..groups of medusoids looking like bunches of grapes of a deep blue colour. 1963 G. A. Kerkut Borradaile & Potts's Invertebrata (rev. ed.) v. 159 Among the hydroids with sessile medusoids or gonophores there are many forms in which the medusoid structure is lost. 1994 Marine Biol. 118 695 The life history of the bivalve-inhabiting hydroid Eugymnanthea inquilina was investigated in two different hosts... Production of medusoids was high in mussels, whereas medusoids were rare and often abortive in clams. 2. A medusa or medusa-like animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish) nettle1601 sea-nettle1601 blubber1602 nettlefish1611 red nettle1611 squalder1659 sea-jellya1682 urticaa1682 carvel1688 sea-qualm1694 sea-bleb1700 acaleph1706 sea-blubber1717 Medusa1752 quarla1820 acalephan1834 medusite1838 jellyfish1841 naked-eyed medusa1848 slobber1849 sea-cross1850 sea-danger1850 sun squall1853 discophore1856 medusoid1856 starch1860 Discophoran1876 jelly1882 sea-blub1885 1856 P. H. Gosse Tenby x. 90 As when we presume a nervous system..from the visual spherules in the medusoids of the Campanulariadæ. 1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 282 One of the prettiest free-swimming Medusoids is more or less bell-shaped. 1890 W. E. Fothergill Zool. Types & Classif. 12 Free swimming ‘Medusoids’ or Craspedota with velum. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. v. 92 We venture to suggest that true jellyfishes be always called medusae, while the not nearly related swimming-bells be always called medusoids. 1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xi. 152 Wrinkled grey or yellowish sea slugs;..medusoids; sea urchins as prickly as hedgehogs. 1992 Earth Mar. 32/2 Graceful medusoids carry mildly toxic venom on their floating tentacles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1848
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