sea fan
sea fan noun: any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.
Noun
sea fan (plural sea fans)
- Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.
- Wide sea fans swayed and beckoned in the eddies, and in the grey valleys they caught the light of the moon and waved spectrally, like fragments of the shrouds of men buried at sea.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 203
sea fan meaning in Tamil
sea fan in Tamil
- கடல் விசிறி
Forms of sea fan
| plural | sea fans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sea-fan |
Origin of sea fan
From sea + fan.
Questions about sea fan
- What does sea fan mean?
- Sea fan means any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.
- What is sea fan in Tamil?
- Sea fan in Tamil is கடல் விசிறி. See Sea fan meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sea fan?
- Sea fan is a noun.
- What is the plural of sea fan?
- The plural of sea fan is sea fans.
Words near sea fan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sea fan (page history and authors); sea fan (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “sea fan.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sea_fan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.