noun
corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
• Syn: ↑gorgonian
• Hypernyms: ↑coral
• Hyponyms: ↑sea feather, ↑sea fan, ↑red coral
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gorgonacea, ↑suborder Gorgonacea, ↑Gorgoniacea, ↑suborder Gorgoniacea
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gorgonian coral,
= sea fan. (Cf. ↑sea fan)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.