GORGONIAN


Meaning of GORGONIAN in English

[gor.go.ni.an] n [NL Gorgonia, a coral genus, fr. L, coral, fr. Gorgon-, Gorgo] (1835): any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with a usu. horny and branching axial skeleton -- gorgonian adj

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