GORGONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gorgonian mean? 

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

1. corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GORGONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gorgonian; gorgonian coral

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

coral (marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gorgonian"):

sea feather (corals forming featherlike colonies)

sea fan (corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton)

red coral (corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry)

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

Gorgonacea; Gorgoniacea; suborder Gorgonacea; suborder Gorgoniacea (red corals and sea fans)