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gorgonian

UK/ɡɔːˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/US/ɡɔɹˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/

gorgonian adjective: of or relating to the mythical gorgon; terrible or repulsive.

Adjective

gorgonian (comparative more gorgonian, superlative most gorgonian)

  1. Of or relating to the mythical gorgon; terrible or repulsive.
  2. Of or relating to any coral of the order Alcyonacea.

Noun

gorgonian (plural gorgonians)

  1. A member of the order Alcyonacea, comprising the soft corals.
    • Some gorgonians, living in shallow, sunlit waters, tend to be brightly coloured – gold, purple, red – and flex softly in the currents.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 134

gorgonian meaning in Tamil

gorgonian in Tamil

கார்கோனியன்

Forms of gorgonian

Adjective
comparativemore gorgonian
superlativemost gorgonian
Noun
pluralgorgonians

Origin of gorgonian

From gorgon + -ian.

Words formed from gorgonian

Words that rhyme with gorgonian

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Questions about gorgonian

What does gorgonian mean?
Gorgonian means of or relating to the mythical gorgon; terrible or repulsive.
What is gorgonian in Tamil?
Gorgonian in Tamil is கார்கோனியன். See Gorgonian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gorgonian?
Gorgonian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce gorgonian?
Gorgonian is pronounced /ɡɔːˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near gorgonian in the dictionary

  1. gorgonaceous
  2. Gorgonean
  3. gorgoneia
  4. gorgoneion
  5. Gorgonesque
  6. gorgonian
  7. gorgonians
  8. gorgoniid
  9. gorgoniids
  10. gorgonin
  11. gorgonise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gorgonian (page history and authors); gorgonian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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