Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Milton
2.
(Zoology) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.

Gorgonian , noun

(Zoology) One of the Gorgoniacea.