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Medusa

🔄 Synonyms of "Medusa"

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Word	Definition
jellyfishnoun	An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
medusan	(zoology) Relating to the medusas.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Medusa"

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Word	Definition
jellyfishnoun	An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
gorgonnoun	(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
gorgoneionnoun	A (representation of a) gorgon's head, especially that of Medusa.
perseusnoun	(Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
sthenonoun	(Greek mythology) The eldest and most ferocious of the gorgons.
euryalenoun	(Greek mythology) The second eldest of the gorgons.
meropenoun	(astronomy) The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
danaenoun	A female given name.
persenoun	A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
andromedanoun	(astronomy) The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.
mortanoun	(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.
melinoenoun	(Greek mythology) An obscure figure, a daughter of Persephone and Zeus, or a daughter of Hades and Persephone, represented as a bringer of nightmares and madness.
nemertesnoun	(Greek mythology) One of the nereids.
graeaenoun	(Greek mythology) Three sisters, old women with grey hair — Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo) — who shared a single eye and a single tooth. They were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.
algolnoun	(astronomy) An eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Perseus; Beta (β) Persei. It represents the eye of Medusa, whose head is being held by Perseus.
perigenianoun	(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Sinis
megaeranoun	(Greek mythology) One of the Furies, Erinyes in Greek mythology, the cause of jealousy and envy, who punishes people who commit crimes, especially marital infidelity.
proserpinanoun	(Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
keresnoun	(Greek mythology) The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.
minthenoun	(Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.