Gorgonian

[gɒ:'gәuniәn]

Definition

(noun.) corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton.

Typist: Tim--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

(n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Typist: Thaddeus