Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Gorgonian   /gɔrgˈoʊniən/   Listen
noun
Gorgonian  n.  (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea.


adjective
Gorgonian  adj.  
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. "The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move."
2.
(Zool.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Gorgonian" Quotes from Famous Books



... beauties, her bright lovely hair: "Those who had seen her thus, have this averr'd. "But in Minerva's temple Ocean's god "The maid defil'd. The virgin goddess shock'd, "Her eyes averted, and her forehead chaste "Veil'd with the AEgis. Then with vengeful power "Chang'd the Gorgonian locks to writhing snakes. "The snakes, thus form'd, fixt on her shield she bears; "The horrid sight ...
— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid


Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com