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noun(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stonetype of:
Definition that contains gorgon
- medusa (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
- euryale (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
- basket star any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
- stheno (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
- basket fish any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc