GORGONIA

Meaning of GORGONIA in English

( n. )

A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.

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GORGONIA — gȯ(r)ˈgōnēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo + -ia -y : a genus of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GORGONIA — (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.
Английский словарь Webster
GORGONIA — (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan …
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GORGONIA — ( n. ) Any slender branched gorgonian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GORGONIA — noun any slender branched gorgonian. 2. gorgonia ·noun a genus of gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such …
Webster English vocab
SEA FAN — noun Date: 1633 any of various gorgonians (especially genus Gorgonia ) with a fan-shaped skeleton
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEA FAN — Any of about 500 coral species (genus Gorgonia ) especially abundant in shallow waters along the Atlantic coasts of Florida, …
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GORGONID — adjective or noun see gorgonia
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GORGONIAN — I. (ˈ)gȯ(r)|gōnēən, -ōnyən adjective Etymology: gorgon + -ian 1. often capitalized : of, relating to, or resembling a Gorgon : …
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VENUS'S-FAN — noun ( plural venus's-fans ) Usage: usually capitalized V : a reticulated fan-shaped gorgonian ( Gorgonia flabellum ) native to …
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SEA PLUME — noun : a gorgonian of plumose form (as Gorgonia acerosa or G. setosa )
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SEA FAN — noun : a gorgonian that branches in a fanlike form ; especially : a gorgonian ( Gorgonia flabellum ) of …
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GORGONIN — ˈgȯ(r)gənə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Gorgonia + English -in : a complex protein frequently containing appreciable quantities …
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GORGONIACEA — (ˌ)gȯ(r)ˌgōnēˈāshēə Etymology: New Latin, from Gorgonia + -acea synonym of gorgonacea
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GORGONACEA — ˌgȯ(r)gəˈnāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Gorgonia + -acea : an order of Alcyonaria distinguished from Alcyonacea …
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SEA FAN — () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
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PINNULE — (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have …
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SEA FAN — Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINNULE — ( n. ) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEA FAN — any of certain anthozoans, esp. Gorgonia flabellum, of the West Indies, in which the colony assumes a fanlike form. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEA FAN — Date: 1633 : any of various gorgonians (especially genus Gorgonia ) with a fan-shaped skeleton ; especially : either of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GORGONIAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo Date: 1835 : any of an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEA FAN — any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially gorgonia flabellum of florida and the west indies.
Webster English vocab
PINNULE — noun one of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. ·see ·illust. of bipinnate leaf, under bipinnate. 2. …
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GORGONIAN — [ gɔ:'gəʊnɪən ] ■ noun Zoology a colonial coral of an order (Gorgonacea) having a horny tree-like skeleton, including the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEA FAN — [sea fan] n (1633): a gorgonian with a fan-shaped skeleton; esp: one (Gorgonia flabellum) of Florida and the West Indies
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GORGONIAN — [gor.go.ni.an] n [NL Gorgonia, a coral genus, fr. L, coral, fr. Gorgon-, Gorgo] (1835): any of an order (Gorgonacea) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEA FAN — (Gorgonia), any of a genus of invertebrate marine animals of the order Gorgonacea (class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria). It is a …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEA FAN — Any of about 500 coral species (genus Gorgonia ) especially abundant in shallow waters along the Atlantic coasts of Florida, …
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