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Webster 1913 Edition
Gorgonian
Gor-go′ni-an
,Adj.
[L.
Gorgoneus
.] 1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
The rest his look
Bound with
Bound with
Gorgonian
rigor not to move. Milton.
2.
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea;
as,
. gorgonian
coralGor-go′ni-an
,Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Gorgoniacea.
Definition 2024
gorgonian
gorgonian
English
Noun
gorgonian (plural gorgonians)
- Any coral of the order Alcyonacea.
Adjective
gorgonian (comparative more gorgonian, superlative most gorgonian)
- Of or relating to the gorgons.
- Terrible or repulsive.
- Of or relating to any coral of the order Alcyonacea.