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Corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton
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gorgonian
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Gorgoniacea.
Wikipedia
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Alcyonacea is an order of sessile colonial cnidarians found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics . The name "Gorgonacea" is no longer considered valid and Alcyonacea is now the accepted name for the order. Gorgonians ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to the Gorgons. 2 Terrible or repulsive. 3 (context biology English) Of or relating to any coral of the order ''Alcyonacea''. n. (context biology English) Any coral of the order ''Alcyonacea''.
WordNet
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n. corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton [syn: gorgonian coral ]
Usage examples of gorgonian.
As he fought to free his arm of syrupy fronds he saw, sinking towards him through those eddying clouds, a silhouette, a shape whose arms were outstretched, as if crucified, whose flimsy robe billowed and swayed with the currents, whose black hair spread outwards in Gorgonian tresses.
The children had searched for this sugar bowl from the highest peak of the Mortmain Mountains to the underwater depths of the Gorgonian Grotto, but had neither found this sugar bowl nor learned why it was so important.