First Known Use: 1835
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gorgonian
noun gor·go·ni·an \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
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Origin of GORGONIAN
New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo
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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