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gorgonian

gor.go.nian \go.r-'go--ne--*n, -ny*n\ n [deriv. of L gorgonia coral, fr. 
   Gorgon-, Gorgo] : any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with 
   a usu. horny an d branching axial skeleton - gorgonian aj