Definition of "gorgonian"

gorgonian

adjective
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
plural gorgonians
1. A member of the order Alcyonacea, comprising the soft corals.
  Quotations
  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