gorgonian
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noun \gȯr-ˈgō-nē-ən\Definition of GORGONIAN
: any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with a usually horny and branching axial skeleton
— gorgonian adjective
Origin of GORGONIAN
New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo
First Known Use: 1835
Rhymes with GORGONIAN
aeonian, Antonian, Baconian, Bergsonian, Bostonian, Capetonian, chelonian, Clactonian, demonian, Devonian, draconian, Estonian, Etonian, favonian, Galtonian, Gladstonian, Gorgonian, Houstonian, Ionian, Jacksonian, Johnsonian, Jonsonian, Miltonian, Newtonian, Oxonian, Petronian, plutonian, Samsonian, Wilsonian
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