hydromedusa

[ hahy-droh-mi-doo-suh, -zuh, -dyoo- ]

noun

, plural hy·dro·me·du·sae [hahy-droh-mi-, doo, -see, -, dyoo, -].

1. the medusa form of a hydrozoan.

hydromedusa

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊmɪˈdjuːsə /

noun

1. the medusa form of hydrozoan coelenterates

Derived Forms

• ˌhydromeˈdusan, adjective

Other Words From

• hydro·me·dusan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydromedusa¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; hydra, -o-, medusa

Example Sentences

A new treaty will govern uses of organisms from the open ocean, such as this hydromedusa brought up from a depth of about 2,700 metres in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.Credit:

From Nature

On the other hand, some jellyfish species like hydromedusa produce valuable products like fluorescent proteins used in medicine, and other species play key roles in sustaining healthy populations of sea turtles.

From New York Times

Setting out from a laborious and beautiful series of investigations into the anatomy of the Hydromedusæ, Weismann came to think that the organic material from which the sexual cells of these animals arose was not the common protoplasm of their tissues, but a peculiar plasm, distinct in its nature and possibilities.

From Project Gutenberg

For he found that among the Hydromedusæ, although the sexual cells seemed to arise in very different topographical positions, there had always been a migration to these localities of a material which he would now call the germplasm.

From Project Gutenberg

Hydromedusæ, a group of invertebrate animals, the typical members of which are branched colonies of polyps: Weismann's investigations on, viii, xii.

From Project Gutenberg