medusoid
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
These forms may produce additional polyps by budding or may transform into the medusoid form.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Animals in this class are polymorphs, and most exhibit both polypoid and medusoid forms in their life cycle, although this is variable.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Even if you made a male and female medusoid and coaxed them to mate, they would not produce more medusoids.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
Theoretically, one could try to engineer functional gonads onto a medusoid, but that would not accomplish much.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
This animal, which has been found in N. America and in Germany, possesses both an asexual hydroid and a sexual medusoid generation.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
