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

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

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 (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Gorgoneia :: Gorgoneia (pl. ) of Gorgoneio.

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

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..

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.

Gorgonean :: Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1..

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..

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

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

Gorgoniacea :: Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated..

Gorgoneion :: Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.

Sea Whip :: Sea whip () A gorgonian having a simple stem.

Sea Fan :: Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies..

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

Gorgonacea :: Gorgonacea (n. pl.) See Gorgoniacea.

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..

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