medusan

Noun
  1. One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate;
    In this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles (synset 101912893)
    is a type of: cnidarian, coelenterate - radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    belongs to: cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata - hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals
    same as: medusa, medusoid

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