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C gorgon
Gnu Gnu, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo["o]l.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.] Note: The common gnu or wildebeest (Catoblephas gnu) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.
Demogorgon
Demogorgon De`mo*gor"gon, n. [First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. ? god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible] A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Gorgon
Gorgon Gor"gon (g[^o]r"g[o^]n), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw`, fr. gorgo`s terrible.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa. 2. Anything very ugly or horrid. --Milton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Gorgon
Gorgon Gor"gon, a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. --Dryden.
Gorgonacea
Gorgonacea Gor`go*na"ce*a (g[^o]r`g[-o]*n[=a]"sh[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) See Gorgoniacea.
Gorgonean
Gorgonean Gor*go"ne*an (g[^o]r*g[=o]"n[-e]*an), a. See Gorgonian, 1.
Gorgonia
Gorgonia Gor*go"ni*a (g[^o]r*g[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [L., a coral which hardens in the air.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis. 2. Any slender branched gorgonian.
Gorgonia flabellum
Sea fan Sea" fan" (Zo["o]l.) Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
Gorgonia flabellum
Gorgonia Gor*go"ni*a (g[^o]r*g[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [L., a coral which hardens in the air.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis. 2. Any slender branched gorgonian.
Gorgoniacea
Gorgoniacea Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a, n. pl. [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c[oe]nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated. Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, C[oe]nenchyma.
Gorgonian
Gorgonian Gor*go"ni*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Gorgoniacea.
Gorgonian
Gorgonian Gor*go"ni*an, a. [L. 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. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
Gorgonize
Gorgonize Gor"gon*ize, v. t. To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]
Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola Gor`gon*zo"la, n. [It.] A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from a village near Milan.

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- Gorgo (/ˈɡɔːrɡoʊ/; Gr****: Γοργώ [ɡorɡɔ͜ɔ́]; fl. 480 BC) was a Spartan woman and wife to King Leonidas I (r. 489–480 BC). She was the daughter and the...
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