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Demogorgon :: Demogorgon (n.) A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

Corticifer :: Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Gorgoneia :: Gorgoneia (pl. ) of Gorgoneio.

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

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