"sea fan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea fans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Soft corals Translations (a type of soft coral): coral [masculine] (Galician), pungatea (Maori)

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