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gorgonian
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into
stone; terrific.
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The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian
coral.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea. [1913 Webster]
