Gorgonian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
     1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into
        stone; terrific.
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              The rest his look


              Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. --Milton.
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     2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian
        coral.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the Gorgoniacea.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gorgonian
       n : corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton [syn:
            {gorgonian coral}]