GORGONIACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gorgoniacea mean? 

• GORGONIACEA (noun)
  The noun GORGONIACEA has 1 sense:

1. red corals and sea fans

  Familiarity information: GORGONIACEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GORGONIACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Red corals and sea fans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gorgonacea; Gorgoniacea; suborder Gorgonacea; suborder Gorgoniacea

Hypernyms ("Gorgoniacea" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Gorgoniacea"):

gorgonian; gorgonian coral (corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton)

Holonyms ("Gorgoniacea" is a member of...):

Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)