Gorgonian
Gorgonian , adjective
[Latin Gorgoneus.]
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move.
2.
(Zoology) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
Gorgonian , noun
(Zoology) One of the Gorgoniacea.