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noun
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, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gorgonian, gorgonian coral
History
From sea + fan.
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