gorgon (noun)
21mythical monster — noun a monster renowned in folklore and myth • Syn: ↑mythical creature • Hypernyms: ↑monster, ↑mythical being • Hyponyms: ↑legendary creature, ↑amphisbaena, ↑ …
22Stheno — noun (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Hypernyms: ↑Gorgon …
23Perseus — For other meanings, see Perseus (disambiguation). Perseus Abode Argos Symbol Medusa s head …
24gor|gon — «GR guhn», noun. Greek Legend. any one of three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa), having snakes for hair and faces so horrible that anyone who looked at them turned to stone. ╂[< Latin Gorgō, ōnis < Greek Gorg < gorgós terrible]… …
25Gor|gon — «GR guhn», noun. Greek Legend. any one of three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa), having snakes for hair and faces so horrible that anyone who looked at them turned to stone. ╂[< Latin Gorgō, ōnis < Greek Gorg < gorgós terrible]… …
26monster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. monstrosity, freak; prodigy; giant; demon, brute. See unconformity, size, ugliness, evildoer. Ant., midget. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A Great beast] Syn. beast, beastlike creature, basilisk, imaginary… …
27gorgoneion — /gɔgəˈniən/ (say gawguh neeuhn) noun (plural gorgoneia /gɔgəˈniə/ (say gawguh neeuh)) a representation of the head of a Gorgon, especially that of Medusa. {Greek; see Gorgon} …
28De|mo|gor|gon — «DEE muh GR guhn, DEHM uh », noun. (in medieval mythology) a mysterious and dreadful god or demon. ╂[< Late Latin Dēmogorgōn, apparently ultimately < Greek daímōn demon + gorgós grim, terrible. Compare Gorgon. (Cf. ↑Gorgon)] …
29gor|go|nei|on — «GR guh NEE on», noun, plural nei|a « NEE uh». a representation of a Gorgon s head. ╂[< Greek gorgóneion, neuter of gorgóneios having to do with a Gorgon] …
30gor|go|ni|a — «gr GOH nee uh», noun. = sea fan. (Cf. ↑sea fan) ╂[< New Latin Gorgonia the genus name < Latin Gorgō, ōnis; see etym. under Gorgon (Cf. ↑Gorgon)] …
