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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Medusa \Me*du"sa\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
Note: The larger medus[ae] belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called {covered-eyed medus[ae]}; others, known as {naked-eyed medus[ae]}, belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See {Discophora}, {Hydroidea}, and {Hydromedusa}.
{Medusa bud} (Zo["o]l.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See {Athecata}, and {Gonotheca}.
{Medusa's head}. (a) (Zo["o]l.) An astrophyton. (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Medusa
noun
1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
2: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [syn: {jellyfish}, {medusan}]
3: one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Medusa": Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Circe, Cyclops, Echidna, Euryale, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medea, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Stheno, Talos, Typhon, bewitcher, centaur, charmer, chimera, cockatrice, dragon, drake, enchanter, enchantress, griffin, hippocampus, mermaid, merman, nixie, ogre, ogress, roc, salamander, satyr, sea horse, sea serpent, siren, spellbinder, troll, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Medusa, NY Zip code(s): 12120
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Medusa, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 376 Housing Units (2000): 183 Land area (2000): 6.785919 sq. miles (17.575449 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.073525 sq. miles (0.190430 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.859444 sq. miles (17.765879 sq. km) FIPS code: 46426 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 42.434449 N, 74.127248 W ZIP Codes (1990): 12120 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Medusa, NY Medusa
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