medusoid

Other forms of medusoid

plural

medusoids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about medusoid

What does medusoid mean?

medusoid means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in medusoid?

medusoid has 3 syllables: me-du-soid. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for medusoid?

Close synonyms include medusa, medusan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medusoid a common word?

medusoid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.