gorgonian.html - n.
1 (in Greek mythology) each of three snake-haired sisters (esp. Medusa) with the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
2 a frightening or repulsive person, esp. a woman.

gorgonian adj. [L Gorgo -onis f. Gk Gorgo f. gorgos terrible]

gorgonian.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a usu. brightly coloured horny coral of the order Gorgonacea, having a treelike skeleton bearing polyps, e.g. a sea fan.

--adj.

of or relating to the Gorgonacea. [mod.L (as GORGON), with ref. to its petrifaction]

gorgonian.html - v.tr.
(also -ise)
1 stare at like a gorgon.
2 paralyse with terror etc.

gorgonian.html - n.
a type of rich cheese with bluish-green veins. [Gorgonzola in Italy]

gorgonian.html - n.
1 (in Greek mythology) each of three snake-haired sisters (esp. Medusa) with the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
2 a frightening or repulsive person, esp. a woman.

gorgonian adj. [L Gorgo -onis f. Gk Gorgo f. gorgos terrible]

gorgonian.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a usu. brightly coloured horny coral of the order Gorgonacea, having a treelike skeleton bearing polyps, e.g. a sea fan.

--adj.

of or relating to the Gorgonacea. [mod.L (as GORGON), with ref. to its petrifaction]