Medusa

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A jellyfish begins its life cycle as an anemone-like creature on the sea floor before undergoing a metamorphosis and sprouting into a recognizable medusa — that Pacman ghost shape we're all familiar with.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023

Scientists prefer the term jelly or medusa over jellyfish because the creatures are not fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2022

A black floor-length gown with undulating straps could have been a poisonous medusa, with coral-red dye bleeding down its multi-layered skirt.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020

She conjures a lineage of threatening archetypes: the harpy and her talons, the witch and her spells, the medusa and her writhing locks.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

Then they have taken the form of a medusa.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin