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Gorgon :: Gorgon (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa..

Zoophyte :: Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Medusa :: Medusa (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone..

Perseus :: Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian..

Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..

Keratophyte :: Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.

Alcyonaria :: Alcyonaria (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea..

Sea Fern :: Sea fern () Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

Gorgonize :: Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Gorgon :: Gorgon (n.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.

Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral..

Gorgon :: Gorgon (n.) Anything very ugly or horrid.

Gorgon :: Gorgon (a.) Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face..

Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals..

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

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