gorgonian

English Thesaurus

1. corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	coral,
definition	:	marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	sea feather,
definition	:	corals forming featherlike colonies (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	sea fan,
definition	:	corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	red coral,
definition	:	corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gorgonacea, gorgoniacea, suborder gorgonacea, suborder gorgoniacea,
definition	:	red corals and sea fans (noun.animal)