Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gorgonian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Gorgoniacea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into
stone; terrific.
The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to
move. --Milton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian
coral.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gorgonian
n : corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton [syn:
{gorgonian coral}]
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