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gorgonian
"A colonial coral of an order distinguished by having a horny tree-like skeleton, including the sea fans and precious red coral", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin
Gorgonia
, from Latin
Gorgo
(see
gorgon
), with reference to its petrifaction, + -an.