[ noun ] (zoology) any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

[ noun ] (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus

[ noun ] (zoology) one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles