Definition of Sea fan

1. Noun. Corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton.

Generic synonyms: Gorgonian, Gorgonian Coral

Definition of Sea fan

1. Noun. Any gorgonian which branches in a fan-like form, especially ''Gorgonia flabellum'' of Florida and the West Indies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea fan

1. Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Fan

sea dogs
sea dotterel
sea dove
sea dragon
sea dragons
sea drake
sea drakes
sea duck
sea ducks
sea eagle
sea eagles
sea eel
sea egg
sea elephant
sea eryngium
sea fan (current term)
sea fans
sea feather
sea fennel
sea fern
sea fir
sea flewer
sea foam
sea fowl
sea fox
sea fret
sea gherkin
sea ginger
sea girdles
sea girkin

Literary usage of Sea fan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toilers in the Sea by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1889)
"SEA - FAN MAKERS. A MONGST the most common objects of the sea- •**• shore, all around our coasts, are those strange looking, scarcely handsome, ..."

2. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"The sea- fan has a hard central axis, and a still softer rind which can be easily broken off, and at the death of the animal is almost wholly deciduous. ..."

3. Ocean World: A Description of the Sea & Its Living Inhabitants by Louis Figuier (1869)
"The network of its interstices with its unequal and serried meshes, resembling fine lace, have led to its designation of sea fan. Its colour is yellow or ..."

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