gorgoon
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Gorgoon (only mythological sense)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch gorgone, from Latin Gorgon, from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gorgoon f (plural gorgonen, diminutive gorgoontje n)
- (Greek mythology) gorgon (female monster with snakes on her head)
- gorgonian, sea fan, soft coral of the Alcyonacea
- Synonym: hoornkoraal