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Webster 1913 Edition
Gorgonia
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Gor-go′ni-a
(gôr-gō′nĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[L., a coral which hardens in the air.]
(Zool.)
1.
A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (
Gorgonia flabellum
), sea plume (G. setosa
), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis. 2.
Any slender branched gorgonian.
Definition 2024
gorgonia
gorgonia
Italian
Noun
gorgonia f (plural gorgonie)
- gorgonian, sea whip, sea fan (cnidarian of order Alcyonacea, syn. Gorgonacea)