Gorgonia
Gor`go´ni`a
(gôr`gō´nĭ`å)n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. |