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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several gorgonian corals having a flexible skeleton in the shape of a feather, with numerous branches attached to a central shaft.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Zoöl.) Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

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  • noun Any gorgonian that branches in a plume-like form.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun corals forming featherlike colonies

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