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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

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Gorgonian

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

gor=go=ni=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Gorgonian has 1 sense

gorgonian(n = noun.animal) gorgonian coral - corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton;

is a kind of coral

is a member of gorgonacea, gorgoniacea, suborder gorgonacea, suborder gorgoniacea

has particulars: sea feather, sea fan, red coral

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Gorgonian, a. [L. Gorgoneus.].

Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. [1913 Webster]
"The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move." [1913 Webster]
Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral. [1913 Webster]

Gorgonian, n.

One of the Gorgoniacea. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Gorgonian, n. & adj.
--n. a usu. brightly coloured horny coral of the order Gorgonacea, having a treelike skeleton bearing polyps, e.g. a sea fan.
--adj. of or relating to the Gorgonacea.

Etymology

mod.L (as GORGON), with ref. to its petrifaction

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ROGET THESAURUS

Gorgonian

Fear

N fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence, apprehensiveness, fearfulness, solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving, feeze, mistrust, suspicion, qualm, hesitation, nervousness, restlessness, inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern, batophobia, heartquake, flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency, despair, fright, affright, affrightment, boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses), intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear, bugaboo, scarecrow, hobgoblin, nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible, alarmist, fearing, frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of, afeard, afraid, fearful, timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, coy, faint- hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety, more frightened than hurt, aghast, awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear, alarming, formidable, redoubtable, perilous, portentous, fearful, dread, dreadful, fell, dire, direful, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous, horrid, horrible, horrific, ghastly, awful, awe-inspiring, revolting, Gorgonian, in terrorem, Int, angels and ministers of grace defend us!, ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, a dagger of the mind, expertus metuit, fain would I climb but that I fear to fall, fear is the parent of cruelty, Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire, omnia tuta timens, our fears do make us traitors.