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