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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Gorgoniacea. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.] 1. Pertaining to or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move --Milton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as gorgonian coral. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gorgonian n : corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton [syn: {gorgonian coral}]
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