medusoid

  • n.类水母体;水母型
  • adj.像水母的,水母状的
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noun

1
one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate;in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
Synonym: medusa medusan

adj

1
relating to or resembling a medusa

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  1. Meet Medusoid , a bioengineered artificial jellyfish created by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University .

    这就是梅多索依德,一个通过生物工程技术制得的人工水母,他由来自加利福利亚理工学院和哈佛大学的研究者亲手打造。

  2. Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps ; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed .

    座生的海洋腔肠动物,包括居独和群居的水螅;水母阶段完全被抑制。

  3. Any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle .

    各种通常是自由游动的海生腔肠动物,其凝胶状水母阶段是其生命周期中的主要阶段。

  4. When set free in a container of seawater , the muscles could be jolted into action with a small electric charge to produce synchronised contractions , allowing Medusoid to swim .

    当我们将放入装有盐水的容器中,那些肌肉细胞在小电荷产生的同步收缩作用下,上下摆动,梅多索依德便会游动起来。