sea fan

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English[edit]

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Noun[edit]

sea fan (plural sea fans)

Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina ( common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan[[Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa|]], purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.

Translations[edit]

a type of soft coral

Galician: coral (gl) m
Maori: pungatea

References[edit]

“sea fan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
sea fan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alcyonacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Alcyonacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams[edit]

faenas

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