Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of gorgon is as below...

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Sclerobase :: Sclerobase (n.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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.

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

Random Fonts

Most Popular