gorgoon
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