a. 戈耳戈的, 可怕的

[ noun ]
corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
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Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, a. [L. Gorgoneus.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into
stone; terrific.

The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. --Milton.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian
coral.


Gorgonian \Gor*go"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Gorgoniacea.