gorgonian

gor·go·ni·an

noun \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

Origin of GORGONIAN

New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo

First Known Use: 1835

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