Astrophytidæ. Also medusa-head and medusa-headstar. See cut under basket-fish.' name='description'> medusa's-head - definition and meaning
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medusa's-head

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A basket-fish, basket-urchin, or sea-basket; a euryalean ophiurian or branching sandstar of the family Astrophytidæ. Also medusa-head and medusa-headstar. See cut under basket-fish.
  • noun An extant crinoid of the genus Pentacrinus, P. caput-medusæ.
  • noun In botany, the plant Euphorbia Caput-Medusæ.

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  1. medusa's-head orchis

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