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Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
  2. a. Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
  3. n. One of the Gorgoniacea.
  4. n. corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
  5. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton. 2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral. One of the Gorgoniacea.
  6. n. corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton