sea fan

2 definitions found

sea fan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea fan \Sea" fan"\ (s[=e]" f[a^]n`). (Zool.)
     Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially
     Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
     [1913 Webster]

sea fan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea fan
      n 1: corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton