Gor·gon 
(gôrgən)
(gôrgən)n.
1. Greek Mythology Any of the three sisters Stheno, Euryale, and the mortal Medusa who had snakes for hair and eyes that if looked into turned the beholder into stone.
2. gorgon A woman regarded as ugly or terrifying.
[Middle English, from Latin Gorgō, Gorgon-, from Greek, from gorgos, terrible.]
Gor·goni·an (-gōnē-ən) adj.