[gawr-goh-nee-uh
n] 
| 1. | any of numerous alcyonarian corals of the order Gorgonacea, having a usually branching, horny or calcareous skeleton. |
| 2. | belonging or pertaining to the Gorgonacea. |
[gawr-guhn] | 1. | Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus. |
| 2. | (lowercase) a mean, ugly, or repulsive woman. |
, der. of gorgós dreadful [gawr-goh-nee-uhn] , adjective | Gor·gon (gôr'gən) n.
[Middle English, from Latin Gorgō, Gorgon-, from Greek, from gorgos, terrible.] Gor·go'ni·an (-gō'nē-ən) adj. |
| gor·go·ni·an (gôr-gō'nē-ən) n. Any of various corals of the order Gorgonacea, having a flexible, often branching skeleton of horny material. adj. Of or belonging to the order Gorgonacea. [From Latin gorgonia, coral, from Gorgō, Gorgon-, Gorgon; see Gorgon.] |