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(ΧÏυσάωÏ) Greek name KHRYSAOR means "golden sword." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidôn and the Gorgon Medousa (Latin Medusa). He is usually described as a giant, but sometimes as a winged boar, just as his twin brother Pegasos is described as a winged horse.
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(Πήγασος) Greek name derived from the word pegaios, PEGASOS means "born near the pege (source of the ocean, spring, or well)." In mythology, this is the name of a winged horse who was the son of Poseidôn and the Gorgon Medousa (Latin Medusa), and brother to the giant Khrysaor (Latin Chrysaor). Like Athene, who was born of Zeus's head, Pegasos and Chrysaor are said to have been born of Medusa's neck when Perseus beheaded her. According to Hesiod, everywhere Pegasus struck hoof to earth an inspiring spring burst forth.
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Cunning.
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(Ἀνίκητος) Original Greek form of Latin Anicetus, ANIKETOS means "unconquerable."Â
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Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yaffa, JAFFA means "beautiful."
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Indian
Delight, Joy, Happy, Happiness
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Hindu Goddess Name
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Indian, Telugu
A Star
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Tamil
Skandajit | ஸà¯à®•ஂதாஜித
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Jyothirdhar | ஜà¯à®¯à¯‹à®¤à®¿à®°à¯à®¤à®°
One who holds the flame, Sun
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Muslim
True believer.
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Indian
Flower
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Australian, Danish, German, Latin, Swedish
To Rejoice; Sea; Rejoiced; Chicken; Hen; Lord
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The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
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A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.
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A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
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One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
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The campanularian medusae.
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A medusa.
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A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
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A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
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One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
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Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
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Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.
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A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
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One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
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The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
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Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.
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Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.
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The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.