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Meaning of "medusoid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEDUSOID

medusoid  [mɪˈdjuːzɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEDUSOID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Medusoid can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MEDUSOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of medusoid in the English dictionary

The definition of medusoid in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling a medusa.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEDUSOID


android
ˈændrɔɪd
annoyed
əˈnɔɪd
avoid
əˈvɔɪd
Boyd
bɔɪd
Caucasoid
ˈkɔːkəˌzɔɪd
factoid
ˈfæktɔɪd
Freud
frɔɪd
humanoid
ˈhjuːməˌnɔɪd
Lloyd
lɔɪd
paranoid
ˈpærəˌnɔɪd
pezizoid
pɪˈzaɪzɔɪd
Polaroid
ˈpəʊləˌrɔɪd
rhizoid
ˈraɪzɔɪd
Rhodesoid
rəʊˈdiːzɔɪd
sleazoid
ˈsliːzɔɪd
steroid
ˈstɪərɔɪd
thyroid
ˈθaɪrɔɪd
trapezoid
ˈtræpɪˌzɔɪd
unemployed
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd
void
vɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEDUSOID

medrese
meds
medulla
medulla oblongata
medullae
medullae oblongatae
medullar
medullary
medullary canal
medullary ray
medullary sheath
medullate
medullated
medulloblastoma
medusa
medusae
medusal
medusan
medusiform

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEDUSOID

byssoid
cirsoid
cissoid
dispersoid
ellipsoid
emulsoid
gneissoid
hydromedusoid
sinusoid
suspensoid
thyrsoid
virusoid

Synonyms and antonyms of medusoid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «medusoid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEDUSOID

Find out the translation of medusoid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of medusoid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «medusoid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

medusoid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medusoide
570 millions of speakers

English

medusoid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

medusoid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

medusoid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

медузоидные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medusoid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

medusoid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méduse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Medusoid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

medusoiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

medusoid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

medusoid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Medusoid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

medusoid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெதூசாவுருவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मध्यस्थ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

medusoid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

medusoid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

medusoid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

медузоидние
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

medusoid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Medusoid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

medusoid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medusoid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medusoid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of medusoid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDUSOID»

The term «medusoid» is used very little and occupies the 167.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDUSOID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about medusoid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDUSOID»

Discover the use of medusoid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to medusoid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Invertebrates: Protozoa to Echinodermata
True alternation of generation is observed in ferns whereas; in Obelia there is a regular alternation of the colonial hydroid and medusoid phase which is referred as metagenesis. Obelia is a marine colonial hydroid individual having polyp and  ...
Ashok Verma, 2005
2
Coelenterate Biology 2003: Trends in Research on Cnidaria ...
Medusoid release The release of medusoids occurred at dusk for colonies collected on the morning. Medusoids emerged by slipping between the two valves of the gonotheca, which drew aside. It lasted about 3 min in lab conditions. First, the ...
Daphne G. Fautin, Jane A. Westfall, P Cartwright, 2007
3
The new volumes of the EncyclpÆedia britannica: ...
They typically present two structural forms, the non-sexual hydroid, and the sexual medusoid ; in such a case there is an alternation of generations ( metagensis), the hydroid giving rise to the medusoid by a sexual gemmation, the medusoid ...
‎1902
4
Twenty-Second Meeting ; Held At Belfast In September 1852: 21
In the Serlularidw medusoid bodies have been witnessed by many observers to escape from the “ ovarian vesicles " of Campanularia, and swim freely away; while Loven and Lister have observed similar though less completely developed  ...
‎1853
5
Introduction
The budding of the medusoid of Podocoryne, Lizzia, Hybocodon, and others shows that the polycephalic individual retains not only its homological identity, but also its tendency to subdivide, in both of the parts which are separated from each ...
‎1881
6
Report of the Annual Meeting
In the Sertularidce medusoid bodies have been witnessed by many observers to escape from the "ovarian vesicles" of Campanularia, and swim freely away; while Loven and Lister have observed similar though less completely developed ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1853
7
Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
In the Sertularidte medusoid bodies have been witnessed by many observers to escape from the-" ovarian vesicles " of Campanularia, and swim freely away ; while Loven and Lister have observed similar though less completely developed  ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1853
8
Report of the ... Meeting
A strictly analogous fact would be the production of flower-buds absolutely identical by two plants of different genera. Reference was also made to the close similarity, if not perfect agreement, existing between the Medusoid of Coryne eximia ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1863
9
A Treatise on Zoology
Polymorphic Modifications of the Medusoid. — In many cases the gonophore, or bearer of the generative cells, has not the complicated structure of the medusoid, but one far simpler ; the simpler conditions are probably not phases in the ...
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, 1900
10
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge
In Clava we have a hydra cephaloid budding both medusoid cephaloids and hydra cephaloids, and the two are persistent and form a (limorphous body: whereas in Hybocodon there is a hydra cephaloid budding only medusoid cephaloids; ...
‎1881

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDUSOID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term medusoid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' Debuts Teaser Trailer …
The object in the jar could be the Medusoid Mycelium, a deadly mushroom that appears in the series' final three books. If Netflix were secretly ... «Thrasher Backer, Jul 15»
2
12 tantalizing tidbits spotted in eerie, unofficial trailer for Netflix's …
The object in the jar could be the Medusoid Mycelium, a deadly mushroom that appears in the series' final three books. Snicket 7. This sampler ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
3
Finding euphoria with Euphorbias
Like other medusoid euphorbias, Euphorbia caput-medusae is a modest-sized plant standing only a few inches tall, but it eventually attains a ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
4
Magician 'Doc' brings his 'sea heads' back to Cornwall
... sea head as being “round with open eyes and mouth, wind-tugged hair and medusoid tentacles, salty beard and filamentary sea legs”. «Western Morning News, Aug 14»
5
Tentacles: the new fangs (and teaching tool)
... his “weird tales”, nightmarish stories of our Medusoid ancestors, slimy gods like Cthulhu, worshipped by depraved and degenerate half-men. «Times Higher Education, Jun 14»
6
Jellyfish May Have Caused Sea Turtle Deaths in Costa Rica
As reported by online news daily CRHoy.com, this Medusa Hypothesis comes after necropsy studies revealed medusoid remain in the ... «The Costa Rica Star, Nov 13»
7
Synthetic life: The world's first man-made jellyfish
Say hello to Medusoid, the world's first artificial jellyfish. Super-fast, gritty crunch and tastes just like chicken. It's the sort of creature that wouldn't ... «Nouse, Sep 12»
8
Play the Slate News Quiz
Harvard and Caltech scientists have created the "Medusoid," an artificial jellyfish made from what? The creature—genetically a rat, though it ... «Slate Magazine, Aug 12»
9
Building a Rat That Swims Like a Jellyfish
Building a Rat That Swims Like a Jellyfish. Researchers have created a synthetic “medusoid” that can propel itself in an electrical field in an ... «Genetic Engineering News, Jul 12»
10
Engineering a Jellyfish
Their method for building the tissue-engineered jellyfish, dubbed Medusoid, is outlined in a Nature Biotechnology paper that appears as an ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Jul 12»

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