sea fan

English

Noun

sea fan (plural sea fans)

1. Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.

Translations

a type of soft coral

• Galician: coral (gl) m
• Maori: pungatea

References

• “sea fan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• sea fan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alcyonacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alcyonacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• faenas