'Gorgonian' definitions:
Definition of 'gorgonian'
From: WordNet
noun
Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton [syn: gorgonian, gorgonian coral]
Definition of 'Gorgonian'
From: GCIDE
- Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gorgonian'
From: GCIDE
- Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
- 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. [1913 Webster]
- The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral. [1913 Webster]