GORGONIAN


Meaning of GORGONIAN in English

n.

Pronunciation: go ̇ r- ' g ō -n ē - ə n

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo

Date: 1835

: any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with a usually horny and branching axial skeleton

– gorgonian adjective

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