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GORGONACEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gorgonacea mean?
• GORGONACEA (noun)
The noun GORGONACEA has 1 sense:
1. red corals and sea fans
Familiarity information: GORGONACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red corals and sea fans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gorgonacea; Gorgoniacea; suborder Gorgonacea; suborder Gorgoniacea
Hypernyms ("Gorgonacea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Gorgonacea"):
gorgonian; gorgonian coral (corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton)
Holonyms ("Gorgonacea" is a member of...):
Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)
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