medusoid

• Adjectif rare ou technique signifiant qui ressemble à une méduse, employé notamment en biologie pour désigner une forme ou un stade du cycle de vie de certains cnidaires.

An obsolete adjective meaning resembling a medusa (jellyfish), often used in biological contexts to describe a specific stage in the life cycle of certain cnidarians.

1. Resembling a medusaC2formalscientific

   Relating to or having the form or characteristics of a medusa, which is the jellyfish-like stage in the life cycle of certain cnidarians.

   médusoïde

   • The medusoid form of the jellyfish is free-swimming.
   • Scientists observed the medusoid structure under the microscope.
   • The creature's medusoid appearance made it easily identifiable.

   Synonymesmedusan

• Nom désignant l'une des deux formes que peuvent prendre les cnidaires : c'est la phase sexuée, libre et nageuse du cycle de vie d'un cnidaire, caractérisée par un corps gélatineux en forme de cloche ou d'ombrelle et par des tentacules.

A noun referring to one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate, characterized by a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles.

1. Jellyfish-like formC2formalscientific

   The free-swimming, umbrella-shaped, sexual phase in the life cycle of certain coelenterates (like jellyfish).

   Médusoïde

   • The medusoid is the reproductive stage of the jellyfish life cycle.
   • During its medusoid phase, the organism can swim freely in the ocean.
   • Scientists studied the medusoid to understand its reproductive behavior.

   Synonymesjellyfishmedusamedusan