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Gorgonian

//ɡɔːˈɡəʊ.ni.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the mythical gorgon; terrible or repulsive.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to any coral of the order Alcyonacea.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the order Alcyonacea, comprising the soft corals.

    "Some gorgonians, living in shallow, sunlit waters, tend to be brightly coloured – gold, purple, red – and flex softly in the currents."

  2. 2
    corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gorgon + -ian.

Etymology 2

From gorgon + -ian.

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