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[syn: gorgonian, gorgonian coral]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Gorgoniacea.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gorgonian
n 1: corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
[syn: gorgonian, gorgonian coral]