different between medusa vs quarl

English

Etymology

Transferative use of Medusa.

Noun

medusa (plural medusas or medusae or medusæ)

1. A jellyfish; specifically (zoology), a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]
   • 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, vol. 36 no. 5:

     Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.

Synonyms

• (non-polyp form of cnidarian): jelly, jellyfish

Derived terms

• medusafish
• medusal
• medusoid

See also

• jellyfish

References

• Medusa (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jellyfish on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• amused, sea mud

Catalan

Etymology

Latin Medusa

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m??du.z?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me?du.za/

Noun

medusa f (plural meduses)

1. jellyfish

Galician

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

1. jellyfish, medusa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?du.za/

Noun

medusa f (plural meduse)

1. (animals) A jellyfish.

Derived terms

• meduseo

Anagrams

• desuma

Portuguese

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

1. (zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)

Spanish

Etymology

From Medusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?dusa/, [me?ð?u.sa]

Noun

medusa f (plural medusas)

1. jellyfish

   Synonyms: aguamala, aguamar, aguaviva

Further reading

• “medusa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw??(?)l/

Etymology 1

From German Qualle.

Noun

quarl (plural quarls)

1. (archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.
   • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay

     The jellied quarl that flings / At once a thousand streaming stings.

   • '1839, American Quarterly Review - Volume 19

     The quarl wraps around him his long arms.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to quarrel, a kind of tile?”)

Noun

quarl (plural quarls)

1. A fire-resistant channel for a burner in a boiler or furnace.